Can't access database from SQL Server Management Studio Express and causes the machine to freeze?

Question

Sometimes I cannot access the databases in SQL Server Express (installed in same machine) via the MSSMSE.

I have to restart the machine to get this corrected.

Other thing is very slow responsiveness of SSMSE! Management Studio itself is very slow and it slows down other applications as well! The computer works fine until SSMSE is opened, and start to freeze after it is open. I found the same issue expressed by many people in the SQL Server Forum. The solutions suggested there didn't work for me!

This happens even if the only running application is SSMSE.

Has anyone encountered similar problems? more importantly, got any solutions/ explanations?

Answer 1

Happens to be a hardware problem! Got solved by 'error fixing' the hard disk.