| The worst thing a computer can do to us is when | | | | In the event that the computer doesn't respond |
| we are doing work on it, and suddenly the | | | | to anything you do, you may have to force the |
| computer hangs. Some of us stare at the screen | | | | computer to shut down. You can do this by |
| in horror while others bang the keyboard in | | | | holding the power button of your computer for |
| frustration, and most of us focus our wills fiercely | | | | about 10 seconds. The power to the computer |
| at the computer to start responding again. | | | | will be cut and you can then start the computer |
| Depending on what the causes of the computer | | | | up in Safe Mode. |
| hangs are, it may or may not require a computer | | | | Once you are in Safe Mode, be sure to do a disk |
| restart. For a start, try opening the task manager | | | | error check for potential problems. You can do |
| by pressing the keys Control+Alternate+Delete. If | | | | this by running Chkdsk from My Computer or |
| the task manager responds and shows up, close | | | | from Windows Explorer. Chkdsk scans the hard |
| programs one by one, starting with those that | | | | disk for errors tries to repair them. It can repair |
| are not essential and see if the computer | | | | problems caused by bad sectors, lost clusters, |
| recovers. If it does, save your work and restart | | | | and other similar errors. |
| the system immediately. | | | | |