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Old 11-29-2010, 07:33 PM   #1
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Hard to say if it was locked up / frozen. Or KB / Mouse worked after reboot. If this is a one time thing, no biggie, if frequent then chase down.

Clean up your system to get as much reasonable free space as you can. Defrag your disks once a month whether you need to or not
Also do diskcheck and disk cleanup
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Old 11-29-2010, 07:34 PM   #2
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An external usb 2.0 1 TB hard drive is 119 bucks. I have a bunch of 500 gigs I go for like 79.
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Old 11-29-2010, 09:26 PM   #3
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Run the windirstat and tell me what file names are taking the most space.

Also, what model HDD do you have?
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its the big ones john
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Old 11-29-2010, 11:04 PM   #5
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Are you using a wireless mouse/keyboard?

Change the batteries......or stop taking showers.
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