computer hiccup

[julieboo]

my computer is being silly, it crashes to a blue screen and then goes off making a ticking noise, when i turn it on again it works and then after a while it does the same thing, any idea?

my hubby seems to think it is software and not the computer, so what is the ticking noise?

[mattie]

Could be your hard drive is about to fail, get it checked professionally, especially if there are photos etc you need to keep.

In the meantime, leave it switched off.

[julieboo]

when scanning with Antivir it reaches C:/WINNT/inf and after a couple of minutes the computer starts ticking inside then goes to blue screen of death. after reboot it runs normally again

[mattfox]

I'd agree with mattie - if the harddrive is making a ticking noise, that could soon turn to a clunking and a grinding noise which is *not* good!

Have it checked out asap!

[julieboo]

you were dead right mattie! the hard drive died this morning!! blooming nuisance - but at least we will know another time, thanks to you both