Why does my Finder freeze and crash?

My Finder is stressing me out!
I was expereincing a very stressful situation with my Mac yesterday when it suddenly froze and wouldnt respond. When i restarted it it went to a blank white screen with no other progress. I reinstalled Mac OS X Lion, and the solution worked. My MacBookPro came back to life, and I didnt slit my wrists. However, there was one serious glitch that I havent been able to resolve since.
It's my Finder. I can view all the different folders on the left hand side except my Movies folder. When I click on it to see the files contained within, it freezes goes through the little rainbow ball for a while, then crashes. HELP!!!!!!

There are not too many ways to fix an iPad. Try these. Could try to hock up to iTunes and read the logs.
Re-boot ipad.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until a red slider appears, then drag the slider. Then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears. page 128 iPad user manual.
force power down if the above give you trouble.
Hold down both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button. Ten seconds or more. Hold until the Apple logo appears.
more details on re-booting:
    http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Reboot-Your-iPad-Power-Off.htm
Restore to factory settings by loading the latest version of ios that your machine will support:
   Do a full backup of your device. Twice is best -- cloud and computer.
   "You can use iTunes to restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to factory settings and the latest version of iOS."
   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
   "You can put your iOS device into recovery mode, then restore it using iTunes.:
   http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263
At last resort you could consider DFU (Device Firmware Update). This could void your warranty.
    http://www.imore.com/tip-put-iphone-ipad-dfu-mode

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