Computer Freeze's Up

[Diane]

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.

 

[Frank Muscato]

when your PC freezes sometimes the Power switch to may have be pressed for 5
seconds to power down. This is a common setting

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Nathan McNulty]

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

 

[Guest]

Well I did all that and it still the freezes up just
takes longer.