2013/3/15 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>

> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:18:03 -0300, Francisco Ares wrote:
>
> > This machine is a dual-boot Linux/Windows, as my wife once in a while
> > needs to work on a Windows O.S. .  The lock down starts when she saves
> > a file received by e-mail in a ntfs-3g mounted partition, so that file
> > would also be accessible whenever she uses Windows.
>
> Have you checked the filesystem for corruption/inconsistency in Windows
> and with ntfsck?
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
>


Yes, I have checked for file corruption and bad sectors a few days ago, and
just a few moments ago, just to make sure. After a little while, already
using Linux, the system was beginning to freeze, so I have unmounted that
same partition, and things got back to normal - that's how I am able to
write this.

Thanks
Francisco
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