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PLEASE HELP
Sorry if this is the wrong forum and if I use incorrect terminology. I'm not a computer person.
Anyway, I have a mac mini running 10.6.8. I left a web browser open while I was eating lunch. I came back an hour later and found the computer unresponsive.
I couldn't force quit anything. I couldn't command + control + eject. Control + power didn't work. The caps lock button didn't even light up if I pressed it. It seemed like the only thing I could do was hold the power button for 5 seconds.
When I turned my computer back on I ran disk utility and that said everything was fine, but how can I check if any files have become corrupt?
I wasn't downloading or uploading anything myself, but I guess the browser could've been downloading temp files or whatever right?
I have a lot of video files that I haven't had a chance to back up yet and I don't know how I can go about checking if any of those have become damaged. I can attempt to play them all, but that wouldn't tell me if there is corruption somewhere during the middle of the video which screws up just a couple frames right?
EDIT
I guess a more important question might be. If the video files themselves weren't being accessed what are the chances in those files actually becoming corrupted?
If this is the wrong forum please move so I have the best chance of getting a response.
Thanks for any advice/info
Sorry if this is the wrong forum and if I use incorrect terminology. I'm not a computer person.
Anyway, I have a mac mini running 10.6.8. I left a web browser open while I was eating lunch. I came back an hour later and found the computer unresponsive.
I couldn't force quit anything. I couldn't command + control + eject. Control + power didn't work. The caps lock button didn't even light up if I pressed it. It seemed like the only thing I could do was hold the power button for 5 seconds.
When I turned my computer back on I ran disk utility and that said everything was fine, but how can I check if any files have become corrupt?
I wasn't downloading or uploading anything myself, but I guess the browser could've been downloading temp files or whatever right?
I have a lot of video files that I haven't had a chance to back up yet and I don't know how I can go about checking if any of those have become damaged. I can attempt to play them all, but that wouldn't tell me if there is corruption somewhere during the middle of the video which screws up just a couple frames right?
EDIT
I guess a more important question might be. If the video files themselves weren't being accessed what are the chances in those files actually becoming corrupted?
If this is the wrong forum please move so I have the best chance of getting a response.
Thanks for any advice/info
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