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My laptop was leggy so I sign out control alt delete and it's loading for 2 hours

Solution
hold the power button to force shut down. wait a few minutes and start it up again

do you have good backup of your file? it might be your hdd is failing.
hold the power button to force shut down. wait a few minutes and start it up again

do you have good backup of your file? it might be your hdd is failing.
 
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