Windows XP diagnostic question?

July 19, 2009

My father’s computer is very slow and it makes a grinding noise when it has to process information. I’m pretty sure it’s not a problem on the software end. I think maybe the RAM is toast or the hard drive damaged. Is there a diagnostic tool in XP (or maybe in BIOS) that can run checks on my hardware to see if they are performing as they should?

My computer crashed…need some help!?

July 15, 2009

My computer just shut down yesterday. I believe it was a power surge, but I am unsure. Anyway…The power source was toast. I switched it out but the only one I had available was 250watt, the old one was 550. Would this cause my computer to run slower?

Is there any software available to run a diagnostic from home.

Thanks!
Remo, If your not even going to read the question, why bother with writing a response? Thanks for the dumb reply.