Vista - Could Not Shut Down Computer

My computer is still fairly new (less than a year old), and I experienced my first significant problem. I was copying my documents to a CD, when suddenly I was not able to delte anything from the CD. I tried to delete several times when my computer froze. Nothing worked. I tried to shut down by holding the power switch, on the computer, Alt Cntrl Delete, pressing the power switch several times rapidly, etc, until I was forced just to pull the plug. Upon start up the computer went through the routine of notifying me that I had shut down imporoperly etc and did a check for errors. I, then, immediatly did a complete chkdsk, (the two hour option) and no errors were discovered. As far as I could tell, I did not damage any programs or lose any documents.
In such a scenario, did I have any other options rather than just pull the plug. Could there be any undisclosed damage to my puter?

Hmmm, sorry... no resolution to your problem but I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM happened to me quiet a few times and I did, exactly, what you did so I am going to be looking at this post very closely.

Although, I seriously doubt there's anything else you/I can do about it when that happens.

How long did you leave the computer for?
In some situations the computer can look as if it has hung but it has just hit a major snag.
What were you trying to delete from the CD? Normally if you are using a normal cd you can not delete anything from it unless it is a rewritable cd.

Roy, I was using a rewritable cd. Everything was working fine. I was deleting files from a folder. After all the files were deleted, I decided to delete the folder, too. I tired several times, but it would not delete. I tried, shutting down the computer, again, could not delete. I then thought, maybe, change the name of the folder, I then tried to delete, it just hung, with the blue circle, (the old hour glass) spinning like crazy.

Copy the files you want to keep to a new cd and reformat the old one, rewritable cd`s do have a life (about 7 uses I think).
CD`s these days are very cheap, it may be an idea to keep the old ones as a backup medium, it will also give you different versions of your documents depending on what admenums you have made to them.