Airdisks crashing, Finder won't relaunch, only solution is to restart the computer. (Lion)

when I try to delete a folder with a locked file from my AirDisk, I get the spinning beachball and the foce quit won't relaunch the finder. Unplugging the airport doesn't help either. the only thing I can do it restart the computer.
I have a 27" 2010 iMac and OSX Lion.

Youthful One wrote:
Okay, I'm in.
I wasn't able to check this thread (nor retrieve the email) until I got in.
Here's what I did (which, I imagine, is effectively the same as you suggested):
I pushed the power button (although I don't recall if I held it down for any particular length of time),
and after at least an hour I unplugged the power cord from the back and plugged it back in.
Then I pushed the power button again, and it appears to have powered up 'normally'. (I'm not sure I could recognize a difference, if it were subtle.)
My finder bar is again at the top of my screen, where it was originally.
It seems I can do most everything I was unable to do.
So... how do I avoid this in the future?
there is no preventive maintenance for something like this. just don't unplug external devices before finder is finished with them.
OR, Is there something further I should do?
no, you should be fine now.

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