Hi:

I just defragged my hard-drives, and everything went well, but when I tried to restart to get my OS running smoothly again, for some reason it got hung up on the 'shutting down' screen. Does anyone know why this happens? Also, while we're on the topic, does anything know if it's hard on my machine to run a 'hard shutdown' - i.e. when I have to hold in the power button to get the machine to turn off? And finally, should I do anything after performing a 'hard shutdown' - i.e. run a diskcheck or anything?

Thanks in advance!

Ken A. Dienne