my computer freezes as soon as i turn it on and click on any icon.

[lily441]

Well...the subject just about covers it.  Last night my computer was working with no problems, and then it froze up, so I restarted it....and then after it was back on...when i clicked on any icon or the start menu...it immediately froze again.  And i repeated this unfortunate cycle about 15 times before i just gave up.  I tried again this morning, and it happened again.  This is really making my day sad.  If anyone has any insight...i would be beyond thankful to you.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Does this problem still happen in Safe Mode?

[truenorth]

lily441, Perchance when your computer "froze" was there a "floppy " disc in the floppy drive? Is it still in there? If so remove it and restart the computer. truenorth

[lily441]

Thanks for the ideas.  I tried both of them.  My computer will not start in safe mode.  I am expecting the worst at this point.  I care less about the computer and more about the stuff I didn't get around to backing up.  Anyone have any other suggestions?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Hmmmm....Strange.....

What Operating System is this?

What were you doing when the computer froze?

Any recent downloads/installs/hardware changes?

[lily441]

i use windows xp.  and i was just doing my typical after work relaxing stuff...like  clothing shopping and checking emails.  nothing out of the ordinary.  then it wouldn't open a new tab...and after i restarted it...i couldn't get the internet explorer to open...now sometimes it will not even let me log in.  it just freezes up.  i haven't downloaded any new programs or changed anything. it has just completely stopped working.   the only thing was that i was a week behind on an update i needed to complete.

[patio]

To retrieve any data you need you should hook it up jumpered as a slave drive on another machine preferably with the same flavor of Windows and then copy/burn what you need...

Afterwards you can do a Clean Install of XP...

Warning: Make sure you backup what you need because the clean install will wipe all your data in the first stage...