Hi,
My computer running Windows 7 has suddenly started freezing. No new software, drivers or hardware have been installed. Once frozen the only thing I can do is power off and restart. However on restarting there are a series of blue lines running vertically down the screen and the computer doesn't go any further than the windows logo. If restarted again it says that windows needs to be repaired using the windows disc. I tried this but it couldn't be fixed.
I restored an image I had made and it was back to normal. This has now happened 3 times and I want to try to find out what is causing this to happen.
Is it hardware related, graphics card or software related? I don't have a spare graphics card to try.
Thanks for any advice
Specs
CPU - i5 Ivy bridge
Graphics card- gforce 8600gt
Motherboard- gigabyte- Z77-D3H
Boot drive - Crucial- mx200 ssd