Laptop Freezing after Windows 7 install

Hi



I installed Windows 7 on a Packard Bell igo 6204 laptop, yesterday, which worked fine for half an hour, then would repeatedly freeze after each forced restart.

I have tried reformatting the drive and reinstalling the original XP, which now has the same freezing symptoms. It took 3 attempts to reload XP as it would freeze midway through installation. It works ok in safe mode, but immediately crashes when I restart in normal mode.

Any ideas?

Regards Terry

Hi thanks for prompt reply

Yes XP freezes the same as 7 except in "Safe Mode"

I thought it could be hardware, so have swapped the ram, to no avail, but there was no problem before the windows 7 install, which seems a coincidence?

Many thanks for the "Speccy" link, its an Hitachi drive, so I am downloading the diagnostics tool now.

It may be a stupid question, but could the Windows 7 install, have corrupoted the BIOS in any way, or is a hardware fault the only possibility?

Its my grandsons computer and is getting on a bit, so the hard disc must be pretty tired.