My Computer Locks Up and Won’t Boot. What Do I Do?

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⌛ There are a few things to take a look at if your computer locks up and won't boot. ⌛ Computer won't boot -- Freezing after sign-in can be a sign of a corrupt profile, hard disk error, application error, or malware. -- Freezing before sign-in but after the Windows logo can be a problem with Windows itself, drivers, or malware. -- Freeing before the Windows logo but after BIOS messages typically indicates a problem with Windows, drivers, or hardware. -- “Operating system not found” usually means there’s a USB stick inserted that the system is attempting to boot from. -- Missing hard disks, BIOS beep codes, and complete silence or inactivity all tend to be hardware related issues. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/2073 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ How Do I Get Files From a Computer That Won’t Boot? ▶ https://youtu.be/GEV3aXJJc3Q Chapters 0:00 Computer won't boot 1:10 Freezing after sign-in 1:50 Corrupt user profile 2:40 Freezing before sign-in 3:10 Boot into Safe Mode 3:45 Freezing before the Windows logo 4:45 Operating System? What Operating System? 7:10 BIOS & POST ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #computer #boot