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Aug
27
Some Computer Help Needed… Revised
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by cprout on 27-08-2008 and tagged Computer Troubleshooting
My laptop computer has been acting strange lately. The strange issue I have been having occurs after I shut my computer down and turn it off. When I shut off the computer the hard drive light comes on and it continues to run. If I unplug it, it will drain the main battery down to nothing.
The details:
Compaq Presario V2000
1.86 gHz Pentium M Processor
Windows XP Service Pack 2
1gB of memory
Any suggestions?
Other than get a Mac, which may happen anyway.
UPDATE
Just a few weeks ago I bought a new Inspiron 1525 from Dell. I am getting used to Vista slowly and enjoy the rather large amount of hard drive space I have now. Thanks for your help and suggestions!
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August 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
This sounds like a hardware issue but it could be a software error not allowing the OS to fully shutdown, have you installed any Windows Updates recently, around the time this started happening?
If it is a hardware issue it may require a replacement drive. You notebook sounds like it is a couple years old so do you know if it is still under warranty or not?
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 am
My computer help will arrive in the next couple of days in the form of a new laptop from Dell.