re: Question about 'When I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait" screen'
Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 5:47 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bengi
(94 messages posted)
i have had the same problem for some time now. i
have taken the windows fix with no luck. i am
replacing the hard drive, and will not save anything
from the old drive. i hope it doesn't come along
with the reinstall.
On Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 5:13 am, Wolfgang Wiebach wrote:
>I have a question about When
>I choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, my computer hangs at the "Please Wait"
>screen:
>
>The same thing happened to me all of a sudden: the computer hangs at "Windows is
>shutting down ..."
>The strangest thing about that: I re-formated the hard disk carrying Windows (my
>D drive) and
>restored all Windows files from a backup tape that was made BEFORE the shutdown
problem
>occured,
>and it STILL persists! A hardware problem?
>However, I found out that I can turn off the power as soon as that screen "Windows
>is shutting down ..."
>appears, without running SCANDISK or any other ill effects at the next bootup.
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