George, How can I check the event log? As I said no matter how many times I run disc check it always does the same thing and when it finally loads into windows after twenty minutes of a blank screen (confirmed by my sighted help) all it says is windows has recovered from a serious error. I don't know if this is connected to the fact that when I ran SFC a while ago it found a problem and asked me to insert the windows CD. Unfortunately it said the version on the CD is different from the version I am running so there was nothing it could do. I presume the difference is that I got the people who built the PC to install sp2 which is not on the CD as I got my computer just after SP2 came out. These problems are probably caused by my computers blue screening and resetting it's self. A problem that does not seem to have improved when I installed the latest certified drivers for my graphics card. In short my machine is a mess and has been since I got it. Nigel Why can't computers be easy to use? ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Disc check? > Hi Nigel, > > Ooh! A really nasty one! > > If you run a disk check, does it come up clean? > > Is Window being in any way helpful in even suggesting what > the serious error it has recovered from might be? > > Does anything appear in the Event Logs which might suggest > anything? If say it was a suspect file being removed during > the disk clean up, there's a 50-50 chance it might report > it. > > George.=20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nigel > Sent: 29 September 2006 19:09 > To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Disc check? > > George, > I did get sighted help and this occurs before windows and > jaws boots up! > > Nigel > I'm drawing a blank > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:59 PM > Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Disc check? > > >> Nigel, >> >> You really need to get some sighted assistance here.=3D20 >> >> It is almost certain that something JAWS is not reading is >> on the screen during that 20 minutes. >> >> George. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nigel >> Sent: 28 September 2006 18:46 >> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [jaws-uk] Disc check? >> >> Sorry if this is OT but I tried posting this on the BCAB >> list and got no response. >> >> Why is it that each time I run disc clean as recommended > by >> Tristrum (hope I spelt that right) that the hard drive is >> active for a few minutes and then stops. The screen is > then >> blank for twenty minutes after which time it finally boots >> into windows and says your system has recovered from a >> serious error. >> >> Nigel >> My life is recovering from a serious error.=3D20 >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following >> link:- >> ** >> > [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dunsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on >> the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dfaq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- >> ** > [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> >> >> >> --=20 >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release > Date:=20 >> 29/09/2006 >> >>=20 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to=20 > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: > 29/09/2006 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq