Let me know how you get on! That's quite a coincidence if you have an identical problem with your 650 Ti Boost...

Interestingly, I sold mine on eBay - to part-fund the new card - as "not working",...

I finally - after about a month of making do with Windows 7 on my oldest hard drive - have Windows 10 working again. I note my solution here, in case it is of use to someone else in the future (and...

Please, any ideas, anyone? I've just wasted an hour of my life live chatting to a Microsoft support person who seemed to know less aboout Windows than I do, didn't understand what's happened thus...

Just 'chatted' to an MS chap who pointed the finger at bad sectors or whatever on my SSD (I guess it would explain why the OS on that drive doesn't work (7 is on another drive altogether), and maybe...

Right, I've been fiddling with this all weekend and am no further forward. So I thought I'd post an update in case anyone has some blinding insight...!

Back to basics: I have Windows 7 installed...

I believe activation wouldn't be a problem - I think Windows 10 just checks for any valid Windows OS install on the PC. But I think what you're advocating would/might allow me to do a new install of...

It does help! This is the second boot problem I've had with Windows 10 - and in both cases, I could continue to boot into Windows 7 without a problem. Did they change the way Windows 10 boots? Is it...

I've had some fun and games with Windows 10 so far (Solved Windows 10 upgrade - random freezes and PC becomes unresponsive - Windows 10 Forums), and this forum has helped me get back on my feet. Now...

Oops, my bad. I meant 650 Ti Boost. (There is no such thing as a 750 Ti Boost. ;-) )



All sensible and good advice. Have been playing games and generally using the PC as normal - with no...

My issue seems to have been linked to the graphics card (or its drivers, etc.) - slight difference with my freeze was that the mouse cursor would disappear also. Glad you got your problem sorted as...

I swapped an Nvidia (Gainward) 750 Ti Boost (2GB) out, and put an AMD (Sapphire) 270X (2GB) in. Yes, the PSU is powerful enough (a modular Corsair HX 620W). And the memory came direct from Crucial,...

OK, very long story short - after my return from my holiday I pulled the trigger on a new graphics card - an ex-display item at a PC shop that's a tiny bit of an upgrade. (And I had another thorough...

It does seem more and more like a hardware (specifically graphics card) issue... :-( It would make sense of the seemingly random nature of the 'freezes' - and just bad luck (or new OS stresses?) that...

PS. Did a clean install of the latest 358.50 Nvidia drivers earlier. Made no difference. :-(

...Or it might be easier just to treat myself to a graphics card of an AMD persuasion, and see if that works any better. It might not solve the problem, but at least I get an upgraded graphics card...

Thanks, again, for getting back to me. I thought I would put that right, and leave it in 'Clean Boot' mode for as long as possible. I clean booted yesterday afternoon (no Startups, no non-MS...

I hear what you're saying, but the trouble is, with this machine now seemingly capable of avoiding a freeze for up to 28 hours (!), it makes that sort of diagnosis impossible. How long do I wait...

I'm not sure I'm any closer to a solution, but I'm pretty convinced I know what's causing the problem... And - hang onto your hats - it's something to do with the graphics driver. (I know...)

It...

Yes, that had occurred to me. As mentioned, I tried a couple last week - the Windows one (that runs on boot) and... Something else... I'll probably try Memtest 86 next.



I've tried running with...

OK, time for an update. Basically I've spent the last few days trying to do some work and, every time the PC has frozen, I've tried something else. This morning I reached *28 hours* without a...

I shall definitely install ASAP. I've just upgraded my NAS to 2TB, so I have no excuse, really.

Believe it or not, this machine was originally running Vista, which was upgraded to 7. I then did a fresh install of Windows 8 when my old SSD C: drive broke, but managed to dual boot - not that I...

Thanks for your message! I'm pleased to say I've got Windows 10 working again - and no need to re-install windows 8, as per the MS chap's suggestion...! See below for more details. Anyway, I'm having...

Yeah, I tried that myself - Start-up Repair then wants you to select an operating system, but still Windows 10 isn't there (it only lists 7 and various versions of 8). And, unsurprisingly, even if...

Since messing up my MBR (or whatever it is in Windows 10), I dream of having a machine that freezes occasionally... Glad to hear your machine got sorted, though. :-) Having lost two days of work, I'm...