iMac shuts down after I empty the trash

[memo90061]

I have an external hard drive connected to my iMac and whenever I want to delete something from the hard drive the iMac gets a gray box message saying it needs to shut down and then it just turns off. How can I delete those files without getting that message?

 

[Feva]

can you move the files off the hd and onto your desktop?
then delete from desktop..

Right click and get info on the HD, what format is it?

can you try deleting files off another external hd/usb stick..?

 

[Bernard SG]

Also, did you try "Secure empty trash"?

 

[GoCubsGo]

This sounds like a kernel panic. Any chance you can post your logs here?

 

[memo90061]

Yeah, I have been reading and it is a kernel panic. How do I post the log or from where? Sorry. I don't know much.