help with Computer crashing

[luke_mc_connell]

i recently reformatted my hardrive and reinstall XP as i was getting a blue screen then the computer would restart. I have done this to many computers before and everything i went great but sadly , i reinstalled it and everything was great, so fast etc until a week later it started crashing again. I am going to buy a new hardrive. will this help??
your help would be much appreciated. Thanks

[EINSTEIN_007]

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[grizz699]

Too hard to say if it will solve the problem. But , it sounds like one of the symptoms of a hard drive going bad.Do a quick check of your ram first-just download memtest86 and test from boot. It won't cost anything and you could rule out the ram as well.Some times parts get "weak" connections,...reseat cards and check cables as well.

[luke_mc_connell]

could you post the tutorial of what too do?? i have two operating systems on it, Vista and XP. i cant even get to the desktop to do a check on ram? what do i do?

your help is much appreciated

[grizz699]

download memtest86,....burn it as bootable cd,....bios set to boot from cd,.....put cd in and restart.
memtest will start and run tests. I would let run at least an hour.
If no errors, can 95% rule out ram.

[Aikonik]

Here is a tutorial of memtest with some screenshot : Memtest: Test your memory