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Random computer freeze requiring hard reset
Hi all,
I've been having this problem for quite some time now (I would say a year or more) where my computer completely freezes up without any prompting. It's quite frustrating to diagnose since it happens on such a random basis -there seems to be no trend as to what kind of programs I have running, what kind of things I am using it for, etc. Sometimes it happens when I'm just browsing the net, other times it happens when I just have some files up (ie. not memory intensive tasks) -today it even happened when I put a USB stick in!
I am at a complete loss as to what might be the cause. I have already deleted some old programs that I'm not using, but that hasn't seemed to have done anything. I've done a disk cleanup and run a scan for viruses. The freeze can only be resolved with a hard restart, which I know is not good for the computer. I've already had to do this some 20 or so times already.
I've attached the event viewer, taken about 30-40 minutes after the last freeze I had (the one when it froze after I put my USB stick in). Any help or advice at all would be much appreciated!!