From: duh@nah.meh   
      
   On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 16:01:13 -0400, HankG wrote:   
   > This morining, I booted up my computer as usual.  At the screen 'Windows is   
   > loading your settings', the system froze.  There was no indication the hard   
   > drive was being accessed.   
   >   
   > I manually powered off the system and restarted it with the same behavior a   
   > couple of times.  I then restarted the unit and checked the BIOS.  All   
   > seemed normal; boot sequence was correct (HD not deleted).   
   >   
   > Was able to finally start the system.   
   >   
   > Any input as to cause of this behavior, if if an indicator of impending   
   > failure?   
      
   Can be anything.   
      
   Check the Event Logs for any error entries. Also check the *.LOG files in   
   the C:\WINDOWS folder and look for lines that report errors (near end of   
   file). Also check *.TXT files that has "log" text in the file name (e.g.:   
   "Setup log.txt").   
      
   One thing for sure is that it's not a hard drive error due to physical   
   sector damage or worn out. If it does, the harddisk LED will lit constantly,   
   and waiting a few seconds more will make the keyboard   
   CapsLock/NumLock/ScrollLock LEDs unresponsive and the mouse cursor may also   
   get unresponsive.   
      
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