pressing the button on the bottom of the tower to shut off your comp hurt it or lose any data? Merged Post: *BUMP* any one plz
Depends on the situation ... If crashed/frozen etc something similar to this - You MAY lose some data If however you are just messing and u keep hitting the power button then Data Corruption could occur dramatically Corruption will occur anyway SOme PC when u shutdown it tells you to press the power button but most are different
Thought it was that if you had some work and didn't save it in the last ten minutes and you switch it off through the power button, then you lose that data
if u don't save then u will lose data, if u press the power button on my pc it shuts down normally instead of just cutting off
ATX mobos normally shut itself down when you press the buton. If you hold it down for 5-6 seconds, it will turn off. Any writing to memory will be lost, or a copy from folder to folder will corrupt it. In control Panel-> Power Options, it gives you a choice of when you press the power button: Do Nothing Ask me what to do Stand By Hibernate Shut Down why do you ask? You want to mess up your sibling's computer?
nah my mom got pissed i shut her comp off holding the power button and she says "dont do that i work on that computer" just wanted to know if its true
=P i know how to build do alot of things with a comp just never wondered if it ever hurt the comp pressing the button it seems faster and better
Faster = Yes Better = No Corruption will be the source of computer failure if you do that - If however you corrupt one of your system files then you will be hitting your head on the desk
IM a DUMBASS..........that happened to my old computer but it had like 50 viruses from looking at porn but i learned my lesson =P you know my friend ahad a comp with 200 viruses and his norton was infected with one rofl and when he tryed scanning he had to pay to delete them Hahaha
tbh it wont hurt once or twice but if you do it over and over then it WILL leave damage after time..............i suggest u shut down normally............and if you cant and the pc has frozen what i do is hold the power button in until it turns off then take the pressure off.............i dunno what this does but my dad says it is better than just pressin the button
better to shut down from windows, lets the OS end all the running processes before it shuts down, than just hitting the button.
or if you CBA to shut down just Hibernate it but this slows your computer on start up if you do it more then twice
in any typical situation, it won't do anything bad, I turned off a computer like that for a few years with no harm, but I wouldn't do that to be safe and I do not do that anymore. just spend the extra 5 seconds.