about turning off the computer before shutting it down first

[Guest]

is it bad to shut off the computer[by turning it off on the tower button]
before going to start, shutdown? my lights keep going out so the computer
just turns off while its running. thanks.

 

[Guest]

oops i meant is it bad for the computer to be suddenly turned off when my
lights go out

 

[Guest]

By going to start/shutdown... Windows automatically shuts down any running
programs and that saves any settings that you might have changed, which is
much easier on your o/s.

 

[Guest]

In your bios there is a command that sets your computer to shutdown on power
loss.
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Dave

oops i meant is it bad for the computer to be suddenly turned off when my
lights go out

is it bad to shut off the computer[by turning it off on the tower button]
before going to start, shutdown? my lights keep going out so the computer
just turns off while its running. thanks.

 

[VManes]

Generally speaking, yes.

Get a UPS (uninteruptible power supply, not a delivery truck) so that you
will have a couple minutes to gracefully shutdown your programs and system.

When the system is killed by pulling the power, you may end up with lost or
corrupted data files (if you're lucky, you'll at least get back whatever you
last saved - you do hit save every five minutes, right???) As others
mentioned, you may also end up with corrupted or not-up-to-date
configuration information. Sometimes the system comes back ok, sometimes it
may just get trashed.

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oops i meant is it bad for the computer to be suddenly turned off when my
lights go out