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Originally Posted by Torin
Be careful when windows asks to check for errors on hard disk when the computer is starting.
Things that used to work probably will be broken.
I wont let it do that again.
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Oh-oh. Actually, you shold let it do that if it wants to.
And do some more, because this message indicates an error in the files system, or an "unclean" shutdown of the system (which could both trigger and be caused by errors in the file system).
File system errors, though, are a very bad thing, because...
... they might not be fully recoverable, so data might get lost (that includes parts of Windoze itself
)
... they often are caused by faulty hardware
Applications not starting any longer after a file system check often is a sign of a HDD having bad sectors, and being in the process of going completely bad.
Normally, I would suggest testing harddrive and RAM, but I have the nagging suspicion that you don't know much about computers, and might do more harm than good, so better get someone knowledgeable check your comp.