![]() ![]() If this is your real concern, you might consider paying a local Computer Pro to do your backup for you. I had one customer a couple of years ago that had over 400 programs crammed onto his 10 year old dell tower! We never did find all of them to reinstall on his new laptop he bought. You'd have to reinstall all of them from source media. You may be concerned with restoring all your apps and that's a different deal altogher as a W7 reinstall will wipe your drive and erase all those programs. Once you fix your problem with your computer or even have to replace it all your data files are there. Since you state that you have a version of Linux running, you can also use your Linux file manager to grab all your W7 library folders, plug in an external usb drive and copy all those folders over to the external drive. If it won't you'll need to explore other options such as AOEMI BACKUPPER (free via google search). Here's a video tutorial: Of course, this will only work if your computer will stay running for an hour or so. That is the image backup software we recommend the most here. You can download the free MACRIUM REFLECT image backup software from and create an image backup. There is a very easy way to back up that drive. So you know, following any software repair or even troubleshooting attempts we provide here can cause inadvertent and irretrievable data loss (if you were in my shop I'd have you sign a Waiver!). There is also another embedded link to another post I wrote for further troubleshooting once you determine your hardware passes the tests or fails and you've replaced the failed components with new ones. RAM testing & HARD DRIVE testing links are there. Here's that link: Windows 10 - Unclickable Task Bar Start with my POST #6. ![]() I'll give you a link to a document I wrote which will help you test both RAM and your HARD DRIVE. Also, you are getting W7 freezes, but no BSODs or Black Screens, right? Did you test the rest of your hardware? Did you test all your RAM sticks? Faulty RAM on older computers is also a common culprit of weird freeze and hang crashes in older computers. there are now 600 versions of Linux) on a hard drive doesn't mean windows will. Just because Linux will run (what version do you have e.g.: Ubuntu/Mint/Fedora etc. If you've never replaced your hard drive since you've owned that computer, it is HIGHLY LIKELY to have failed or in a failing state! It sounds to me like that could be the problem. Hard drives only last 3 years in desktop PCs and 2 years in laptops. Hi and welcome to the forum Wow! you sure ask a lot of questions! Seriously, is your PC a self-built rig or is it an OEM computer (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Gateway, Toshiba, etc.)? First of all, your computer is 5-6 years old, and the #1 cause of failures in computers that old is the hard drive. Is there any other data-destruction-less solution? ![]() ![]() Backup will need a lot of effort in my PC. As my last chance, I'm thinking of reverting the system back to a previous date or a fresh Windows install, but I don't want to lose my data. (So I can have a little chance of recovery.) I don't think the problem is hardware related because Linux (which I'm using right now(64-bit)) runs pretty well! I have found and modified a boot loader to use it as a "BIOS booting test" and it also works pretty well. But sometimes when I'm lucky, Win7 decides to boot up normally. In F8 menu, there was some repair options, they failed to start. I've tried safe mode, booted up (yay!), followed by a freeze. I've tried to run diagnostics, ended up in a freeze. After a while it began to freeze up on boot up, at the same certain point (when 4 colored lights began to fly around when it says "Starting Windows"). It accepts no input (no cursor movement, cannot type etc.). Windows 7 Professional 32-bit Intel(R) Core(TM) 1.86 GHz x2 4GB RAM My Win7 started to freeze while I'm using the computer about a week ago. ![]()
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