Forgive me... more stupid questions on a freezing computer

I ran check disk, and the log was as follows:


Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 7/11/2010
Time: 12:00:55 PM
User: N/A
Computer: YOUR-27E1513D96
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is HP_PAVILION.

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 63 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 63 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 63 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.

148410359 KB total disk space.
62853904 KB in 98830 files.
38512 KB in 11634 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
246851 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
85271092 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
37102589 total allocation units on disk.
21317773 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
10 88 02 00 8b af 01 00 ec 5b 02 00 00 00 00 00 .........<......[br />80 35 00 00 02 00 00 00 d5 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 .5..............
c8 44 d9 05 00 00 00 00 26 93 eb 46 00 00 00 00 .D......&..F....
7e f4 fa 0a 00 00 00 00 6c 51 d0 c7 04 00 00 00 ~.......lQ......
1c 25 ff 73 05 00 00 00 ac 29 09 99 0a 00 00 00 .%.s.....)......
d0 fd 56 53 00 00 00 00 28 3e 07 00 0e 82 01 00 ..VS....(>......
00 00 00 00 00 40 4c fc 0e 00 00 00 72 2d 00 00 .....@L.....r-..

Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.


Am I right to think this means the HD is ok?

At this point Windows as fixed the problems to the best of its ability. If the drive is relatively new, I would not worry too much about it.

In any case, you should be doing data backups on a frequent basis in case the drive goes down for good.

Got that when the freezing problem started - having BTDT.

The only time I can always recreate the freeze is to right click on the desktop - does that make any sense to you? (That's not the only time it freezes, but it guarantees a freeze)

Anyway, thanks - and I'll keep up on those backups!

the possibility that the mouse is involved?

If you have a PS2 mouse, try a USB mouse. If you have a USB mouse, try a different USB port; if that doesn't work, try a different uSB mouse

Have you tried defragging?

If you really have copies of all your important files, and can't figure out the problem, why not try reinstalling the OS?

I can certainly try swapping the mouse out.

Have defragged.

And I'm just a bit intimidated by reinstalling the OS. Not something I've done on my own yet!

and you'll need to do it one day, but for now I suggest you run a Windows system file check.

Look out your Windows CD and shove it in the drive just in case System File Checker needs to access it. You may already have the necessary files sitting somewhere on your hard drive.

Go to Start/Run and type in:

sfc /scannow

Then have a drink, or several, while it does its thing.

when the computer was first set up, out of the box, it instructed me in making recovery cd's - 12 of them is what it took.

It's also got a recovery drive (D). But no separate cd - or none that is easily identified!

Geez, it was all easier with my old 386, you know?

It means that there is a recovery partition somewhere on your machine. This will contain the i386 Folder which in turn contains the crucial system files. If you're curious, go to Control Panel/Folder Options/View >>show hidden files and folders.

Generally when the i386 folder is present, the registry already points to it as the source of files, so go right ahead and run SFC /scannow.