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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zenon" data-source="post: 1270453" data-attributes="member: 352">First thing I would check is the RAM. On my old PC, I had a stick of RAM going bad - I would constantly get the BIOS screen on boot (I imaging it was because the system memory would read a different amount from what it was supposed to be). Programs would act up, files would become corrupted during copies, etc. At first I thought it was the OS (I had Win ME), but even after trying to reinstall another OS, it kept hanging during install which indicated a hardware problem to me. It took me a while to track it to the RAM and it surprised me because I never would have imagined that as the cause.If you have two sticks (or more) of RAM, pop one out (if your PC will let you run with one and doesn't need a pair). Test it out. If it work fine, then pop out the good one and replace the other one. See if the trouble comes back.HD problems are usually (but not always) indicated by loud "clicking" from the drive. If your hard drive is S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) capable, locate and run the S.M.A.R.T. ultilities, specifically the drive confidence test. This should give an answer to your drive reliability.Those are the two I would check before looking anywhere else, though I'm sure other here will have some other things for you to look at.</blockquote>