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Press the Fn key while powering on the system, this will launch the PSA diagnostics. See if you get any hardware errors (I suspect you may have a failing hard drive)
basic troubleshooting steps include the following:
Ensure that the BIOS, the Notebook System Software and the Video/Audio drivers are all most current available.
All can be downloaded here:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&os=WW1&osl=en&SystemID=STUDIO1558&catid=-1&impid=-1
If issues persist, run diagnostics, see if a hardware failure is detected (Power button while holding Fn button should initiated diags)
If that still doesn't help, you can try the system with the RAM modules individually (Often a crash issue is isolated to one RAM module or the other, regardless of DIAGS results)
if issues still persist and no hardware has been IDd as a problem, then run Malwarebytes from download.cnet.com
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