My computer has been freezing up and I can't shut it
down. I can't turn it off with the power button so I
have to unplug it everytime it freezes. I have defraged
it. When I try to run check disk it tells me that
Windows is unable to complete the disk check.

when your PC freezes sometimes the Power switch to may have be pressed for 5
seconds to power down. This is a common setting
"Diane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My computer has been freezing up and I can't shut it
> down. I can't turn it off with the power button so I
> have to unplug it everytime it freezes. I have defraged
> it. When I try to run check disk it tells me that
> Windows is unable to complete the disk check.

I tried that and during the first phase I get message
that says "Windows was unable to complete the disk check."


>-----Original Message-----
>
>Pressing the power button for more than 4 secs is right
but it may not
>solve the obvious problem. Try to do a chkdsk and see if
the disk can
>be fixed. The errors on the disk may be the
_cause_or_the_result__ of
>the "freezing". When a system freezes, we have
supposingly a memory
>(certainly a hardware) and/or device driver problem.
>
>
>ernst
>
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Time to do a little cleaning. Go to www.lavasoftusa.com and download
Ad-Aware (Free) and run that on your system. Also, scan for viruses
(Free) here - http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9914

Also, open Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs. Now remove any
software that you don't ever use or didn't install (assuming you know
you won't need it). Also, there may be quite a few services that are
running that don't need to be, but we'll tackle that later if we need to.

Nathan McNulty

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> I tried that and during the first phase I get message
> that says "Windows was unable to complete the disk check."
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>Pressing the power button for more than 4 secs is right
>
> but it may not
>
>>solve the obvious problem. Try to do a chkdsk and see if
>
> the disk can
>
>>be fixed. The errors on the disk may be the
>
> _cause_or_the_result__ of
>
>>the "freezing". When a system freezes, we have
>
> supposingly a memory
>
>>(certainly a hardware) and/or device driver problem.
>>
>>
>>ernst
>>
>>
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>>.
>>

Well I did all that and it still the freezes up just
takes longer.
>-----Original Message-----
>Time to do a little cleaning. Go to www.lavasoftusa.com
and download
>Ad-Aware (Free) and run that on your system. Also, scan
for viruses
>(Free) here - http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?
cid=9914
>
>Also, open Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs.
Now remove any
>software that you don't ever use or didn't install
(assuming you know
>you won't need it). Also, there may be quite a few
services that are
>running that don't need to be, but we'll tackle that
later if we need to.
>
>Nathan McNulty
>
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>> I tried that and during the first phase I get message
>> that says "Windows was unable to complete the disk
check."
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>Pressing the power button for more than 4 secs is
right
>>
>> but it may not
>>
>>>solve the obvious problem. Try to do a chkdsk and see
if
>>
>> the disk can
>>
>>>be fixed. The errors on the disk may be the
>>
>> _cause_or_the_result__ of
>>
>>>the "freezing". When a system freezes, we have
>>
>> supposingly a memory
>>
>>>(certainly a hardware) and/or device driver problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>ernst
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>ernstoe
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>>>ernstoe's Profile:
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>> t=39712
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>>>
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