Satellite A660 - cannot perform chkdsk

I have a satellite a660 laptop..
My first question is about the win7 scan disk
I chose to do a disk check.. and win7 tells me that in the next startup it will be running.
When the computer restart, it shows the chkdsk countdown (if i want to cancel) but when the contdown ends.. its stuck and dont scan..
I need to restart again..
Any help ?
My next question:
As far as i know ; the mouse pad is multi touch.. (enlarge pictures and rotate images)
Well , only the enlarge function is working.
I cant flip any pictures.. i try to use picasa software and also tried to flip the image in the built in image viewer of win 7..
Any help?
thanks :)

> I chose to do a disk check.. and win7 tells me that in the next startup it will be running.
> When the computer restart, it shows the chkdsk countdown (if i want to cancel) but when the contdown ends.. its stuck and dont scan..
> I need to restart again..
> Any help ?
Try to scan the notebook using the CCleaner. It free tool which cleans the registry and the HDD.
>As far as i know ; the mouse pad is multi touch.. (enlarge pictures and rotate images)
>Well , only the enlarge function is working.
>I cant flip any pictures.. i try to use picasa software and also tried to flip the image in the built in image viewer of win 7..
Im not quite sure about the touchpad functionality because there are different A660 with different hardware components and different properties.
If the touchpad supports mentioned function then you should check if it would be already enabled on the system.
For that you have to go to control panel -> mouse -> Device settings tab -> settings (maybe propeties).
Anyway, there you should find all options which are supported by touchpad software.

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All you people looking here on this dead thread.....
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My solution (after losing 3 hard drives [and a terabyte of family treasured times]) is the following.
Use MALWAREBYTES (free download and use for 28 days)
Scan and fix. Mine found over 300 trojans that 2013 Norton 360 could not find.
Re-boot into safe mode.
SCAN again.
Re-boot and empty the malwarebytes repair files it retains...
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Make a back-up repair disc. Ooooops......no you cant...........at least my laptop can`t.
I don`t know why.....
Tell me tosh..... why does windows x64 refuse to allow me to make a system boot disc (even though the laptop is all driver updated and Windows updated)?
Uninstall MalwareBytes when Norton/McAfee tells you there will be a conflict between the two programs.
It tells you to re-boot after uninstalling it.
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R/E the adapter - My Samsung Syncmaster monitor has a DVI-D cable sticking out the back of it, so I needed to connect that to my laptop - either vga-> DVI-D or HDMI-DVI-D to make use of it.
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