Hi all,
A few days before the problem got worse my Toshiba laptop running W7 started to freeze if I opened too many Chrome tabs. I would be running MS Encoder, have a few browsers open and be watching youtube where I would open 10-15 tabs to go through at once. It would hang so I powered off and started again. 2 days after after I booted up the desktop came up and everything was okay until I tried to open Chrome for example, it wouldnt open though the cursor would still move over items and you could click them but nothing would open, the Start button worked but again, nothing opened. Then it would just hang. I powered off and tried again a few times. I could open a folder, a picture, even Excel, but try any other program and it wouldnt open. I did a basic cmd.exe disk check which didnt show any problems bad sectors files or anything similar.
Some basic searches later, I tried the Properties - Tools - Error check option and so far 26 hours later it is still running this disk check up to stage 4 of 5 and about half way through all the files. Now that its started I cant stop it should something worse happen, so its a slow wait until it eventually finishes.
I thought it was maybe a memory problem or a corrupted file stopping applications from opening but of course I dont know which is why I am here. Can anyone shed any light please.
Thx in advance
A few days before the problem got worse my Toshiba laptop running W7 started to freeze if I opened too many Chrome tabs. I would be running MS Encoder, have a few browsers open and be watching youtube where I would open 10-15 tabs to go through at once. It would hang so I powered off and started again. 2 days after after I booted up the desktop came up and everything was okay until I tried to open Chrome for example, it wouldnt open though the cursor would still move over items and you could click them but nothing would open, the Start button worked but again, nothing opened. Then it would just hang. I powered off and tried again a few times. I could open a folder, a picture, even Excel, but try any other program and it wouldnt open. I did a basic cmd.exe disk check which didnt show any problems bad sectors files or anything similar.
Some basic searches later, I tried the Properties - Tools - Error check option and so far 26 hours later it is still running this disk check up to stage 4 of 5 and about half way through all the files. Now that its started I cant stop it should something worse happen, so its a slow wait until it eventually finishes.
I thought it was maybe a memory problem or a corrupted file stopping applications from opening but of course I dont know which is why I am here. Can anyone shed any light please.
Thx in advance