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Laptop skipping

  • 13-05-2010 5:41pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Well skipping isn't the best word for it, more like it pauses for a split second every second. My pointer will pause for a bit when I move it across the screen and the same goes when playing music or watching a video. I've tried my last 5 system restore points but it keeps saying unable to restore to this point. I had it on all last night and it was doing it this morning when I looked at it. What's wrong?


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  • #2
    BaconZombie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,813 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    Sounds like your hard drive maybe dying, best thing to do it run the on-boot diag.

    Is it making a "clicking" sound?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    No it's not making a clicking sound, I'm running disk defrag now and I'll try what you mentioned if it doesn't help


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Defrag didn't help and the boot diagnostic gave me an error, not sure if I should post it here or not. I'm going to Google it and see if I can find anything


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I found a solution here http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=69036 post #5

    but after I typed in CHKDSK it said that the disk appears to have no errors but if I wish to scan it anyway to "use /p" When I type it into the command prompt it says unknown command (I also tried CHKDSK/P) Any idea what to do?


  • #6
    Cuddlesworth
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I found a solution here http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=69036 post #5

    but after I typed in CHKDSK it said that the disk appears to have no errors but if I wish to scan it anyway to "use /p" When I type it into the command prompt it says unknown command (I also tried CHKDSK/P) Any idea what to do?

    chkdsk c: /r


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sorry I'm not sure what you mean. I've tried chkdsk/r, chkdsk/p, /r and /p on the command line and all were unknown commands


  • #8
    Cuddlesworth
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    type the following in before it

    cd C:


  • #9
    portumnadaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭portumnadaz


    I had the exact same problem on a Dell dimension 6000 laptop. I had xp on it. I reinstalled windows from scratch but it didnt help. I installed Ubuntu on it and no more skipping. Wierd that even an old XP without updates still causes it but Linux fixed it.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    type the following in before it

    cd C:
    Before CHKDSK? So it would look like "cd c:CHKDSK"
    portumnadaz wrote: »
    I had the exact same problem on a Dell dimension 6000 laptop. I had xp on it. I reinstalled windows from scratch but it didnt help. I installed Ubuntu on it and no more skipping. Wierd that even an old XP without updates still causes it but Linux fixed it.

    What's Ubuntu to install/use compaired to Windows? I may have to do what you did but I'll be reinstaling Windows first.


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