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I've had my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop for three years to the day now, and have noticed a flurry of problems over the past six months which seem to all be coming to a head now.
It's been, over time of course, running much slower, and I've noticed that if left idle, it will disconnect from the internet and then when reconnected, run much slower and certain functions are screwy, like the touchpad is turned on and I can't turn it off until I restart the computer.
For the past six months or so, it's taken SO long for the computer to shut down, that I more often than not, have just done a "power off" which can't be good for it.
For the past 6-8 months or so, when I start my computer, a message comes up saying that it cannot read my adapter, and for me to hit any key to continue. Also, my adapter for whatever reason, even if plugged in, will not charge sometimes. I'm not sure of the reasoning for this but it will say "plugged in, not charging". I purchased a new adapter about 18 months ago. This problem occurs in multiple outlets.
And now the kicker, on Wednesday, my computer suddenly would not go past the password screen. It would start, I'd type in my password and then it would freeze on the blue Windows Vista "welcome" screen. To pass this, I had to start in safe mode with networking. Then in doing a google search, learned that I should perform a system restore to restore it to a time before the problem. I did just that, but now every time I turn off the computer, the problem persists and I have to do a system restore again. When I told a co-worker of this, she told me that you can only do that so much, and that the same thing happened to her computer, and after a few days, it died. She told me to backup all of my files ASAP and to prepare for a new computer.
Is she right? Am I days away from my computer dying? Obviously, it's not in the best shape, but I was hoping to hold out for another year. I purchased an external hard drive today just in case and plan to backup all of my files tomorrow (I should have done so earlier) and plan to research other laptop options this weekend, but am just curious as to how close it is to dying and if anyone else has had this happen to them.
It's been, over time of course, running much slower, and I've noticed that if left idle, it will disconnect from the internet and then when reconnected, run much slower and certain functions are screwy, like the touchpad is turned on and I can't turn it off until I restart the computer.
For the past six months or so, it's taken SO long for the computer to shut down, that I more often than not, have just done a "power off" which can't be good for it.
For the past 6-8 months or so, when I start my computer, a message comes up saying that it cannot read my adapter, and for me to hit any key to continue. Also, my adapter for whatever reason, even if plugged in, will not charge sometimes. I'm not sure of the reasoning for this but it will say "plugged in, not charging". I purchased a new adapter about 18 months ago. This problem occurs in multiple outlets.
And now the kicker, on Wednesday, my computer suddenly would not go past the password screen. It would start, I'd type in my password and then it would freeze on the blue Windows Vista "welcome" screen. To pass this, I had to start in safe mode with networking. Then in doing a google search, learned that I should perform a system restore to restore it to a time before the problem. I did just that, but now every time I turn off the computer, the problem persists and I have to do a system restore again. When I told a co-worker of this, she told me that you can only do that so much, and that the same thing happened to her computer, and after a few days, it died. She told me to backup all of my files ASAP and to prepare for a new computer.
Is she right? Am I days away from my computer dying? Obviously, it's not in the best shape, but I was hoping to hold out for another year. I purchased an external hard drive today just in case and plan to backup all of my files tomorrow (I should have done so earlier) and plan to research other laptop options this weekend, but am just curious as to how close it is to dying and if anyone else has had this happen to them.
