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Originally Posted by toddrhind

Thanks for reminding me about that command Rob......... 3 and a bit hrs later and its finally finished, will let you know how it goes.

Cheers

Todd

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Hi Todd,

Check the Event log under Application. Look for an event called "Winlogon" at the time the computer logged on after CHKDSK finished. This will give you a report on what it found and fixed.

Your specifically looking for "Bad Sectors" or "Bad Clusters" this means you have a faulty HDD and it should be replaced.

Cheers,

Rob

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Originally Posted by DX grunt

If he 'arks up', just remind him who wears the pants and who pays ther bills in your house. lol

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LMAO, will do mate, give him a smack in the ear to go with it and remind him of mums car too...haha

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

The drop down tabs at the top of the forum page drop behind the top advertisement. Is this just me, or can this be changed?

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what drop down tabs??? what advert??? you shouldn't have adverts being a forum sponsor..... You've lose me mate, time for another bourbon :)

I stole the missus's lappy, that's why I'm back to DX grunt. Mine goes back to the shop tomorrow for, hopefully, warranty repairs. lol

I miss gruntlet. lol

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Originally Posted by rkinsey

Hi Todd,

Check the Event log under Application. Look for an event called "Winlogon" at the time the computer logged on after CHKDSK finished. This will give you a report on what it found and fixed.

Your specifically looking for "Bad Sectors" or "Bad Clusters" this means you have a faulty HDD and it should be replaced.

Cheers,

Rob

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Rob, I'm pretty computer literate, but you have lost me, I'm running Win 7 and I can't find Winlogon anywhere. I did find a winlogon.exe under c:\windows\sytem 32 but nothing happens when I run it???

I hate computers!!!

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

I still have a banner ad at the top (can this be gotten rid of as a forum sponsor?)

If you go to the top of the page youre looking at right now (don't change the page, just scroll up to the top) and click on Forum Actions button, well that drop down goes down behind the banner ad on my computer.

Can this be fixed?

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Ask for your money back Plassy, I have no add and if I click on the forum actions button the drop down is fine................Think you where ripped off! *LMAO*

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Originally Posted by rkinsey

Hi Toddrhind,

Sounds like the operating system is locking up or at least the HDD may be having trouble.

I'm assuming you are running Windows XP or Win7? If so, run the following instructions:

1. Click on START and choose RUN
2. Type "CMD" (without the quotation marks) and press the enter key. This will open the command prompt.
3. At the flashing cursor, type "CHKDSK /R" (without the quotation marks) and press the enter key. It will say :

The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

4. Press the "Y" key and then press the enter key.
5. Now restart the computer.

Check Disk will run when Windows restarts and will run 5 different checks on the hard drive. Here is a link to the explanation of what this program does http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187941

In a nutshell, chkdsk /r will check the file system, partition tables, Operating system files etc. If it finds any inconsistencies and can repir them, it will.

This program can take a while to run depending on the size of the hard drive and what problems it encounters.

Once the program finishes the computer will continue to boot to Windows and you can log in as normal.

Straight after CHKDSK is completed, run "Disk Defragmenter" to tidy up the files on the HDD.

This is the first step in troubleshooting this type of system failure.

Let me know how you go.

Cheers,

Rob

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For anyone else that try's this, I found I couldn't run it in Win 7 64bit without restarting the computer and going into safe mode first.

Thanks again Rob, so far so good :)

It never ceases to amaze me the wealth of all kinds of knowledge on here...lol

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Originally Posted by toddrhind

For anyone else that try's this, I found I couldn't run it in Win 7 64bit without restarting the computer and going into safe mode first.

Thanks again Rob, so far so good :)

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You can schedule chkdsk on win7/64bit in a normal windows environment by right clicking on the drive in question going to properties, once in properties select the tools tab then click on the check now tab in the check error box (the top one) check both options boxes then press start. A message will appear asking you to schedule for next startup which you do & your done.

Chkdsk will take a while to complete its task & should reboot the system automatically when its done. If not it will prompt you ro reboot the system manually.

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Originally Posted by toddrhind

Rob, I'm pretty computer literate, but you have lost me, I'm running Win 7 and I can't find Winlogon anywhere. I did find a winlogon.exe under c:\windows\sytem 32 but nothing happens when I run it???

I hate computers!!!

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I hear ya brother.. and I'm an IT Administrator!!!! hahahaha

Find it in Event Viewer. Open the Start Menu and "Right" click on "Computer" and choose "Manage" from the menu.