Okay... I got a laptop (off brand.. called "Balance") in December of 04'. It has worked well up until recently when it began freezing randomly for no obvious reason. Then, just really recently, it froze, and would not come unfrozen, so i pushed the button, and restarted it. It came up to the screen where it has "Windows XP loading" with the little bar that moves. Anyways, so it froze there. I couldn't think of what else to do, so I put in the system recovery cd's, and they recovered up to the point where you setup windows. It got to the "windows loading" screen, and froze again. I shut it down again, and tried various things, like starting it in safemode, but it just says that it is not installed and to repeat the recovery. I repeated the recovery 2 more times, with the same result, the freezing. I am not sure if it is windows, or the computer, and I have no clue what to do. I don;t know if I should just throw the thing away (or somehow find some place to pawn it) or what. Any help or comment would be appreciated. Email me if you MUST have more information about the computer.