Re: computer locks up when try to open "my computer" folder.

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lfwilk wrote:
have windows 2000 pro, computer starts up but when we try to open the "my
computer" folder or any folders associated with that, the entire computer
locks up, has to be restarted. We can play games on it but really nothing
else can be done with it. Bad part is that we just got a laptop with
windows xp and need to transfer some movies that are on the other
computer to the new but can't because we can't open "my computer".
Does anyone have suggestions, that computer is old, do not have original
disk with it and the modems no longer work on it, so we don't have access
to internet through that computer - only with the laptop.

try temporarily disabling the CD drive in device manager to see if that
"cures" the problem. Doing this will point to whether it's the hard drive or
the cd thats at fault

--
Steve Parry BA(Hons) MCP MVP

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk


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