You’ve probably heard it a million times before, we at computer repairs Townsville might have even told you, if you don’t turn your computer off properly, it could damage your system.

Is this true, or is it just one of those things people say, like cracking your fingers will give you arthritis.

Well, computer repairs Townsville want to set the record straight. Not turning off your computer properly can cause damage to your system, both at the software, operating system and physical level, but it doesn’t happen every time, but does happen!

Here are some points on the most common problems we at computer repairs Townsville see on broken computer when shutting down your computer incorrectly.

When you go through the correct shutdown process, clicking on the actual shutdown button in the bottom left hand corner, you are giving your computer a list of instruction and a process of things to do so you don’t loose data and there is no damage to your computer.

Physical Damage to Hard Drive

Your hard drive is a very sensitive piece of equipment.

It is a rotating disk, which moves around at up to 7200 revolutions per minute, with an arm like a record player called an actuator and some magnetic technology.

Just like a fan on our roof here at computer repairs Townsville, I ask, what would happen if you did something like stick your hand in it as it is rotating around.

Your hard drive is very frail and if the arm is writing information fast and a is suddenly deprived of power as the actuator is moving, it can cause damage to the drive and you might need to buy another one.

Loss of Data

This is in reference to the above point. If your hard drive is damaged you might not be able to recover the data.

Computer repairs Townsville know how important your information and personal files are. These files are stored on your hard drive and if you do not back up  a damaged hard drive might result in never getting those files back.

The new hard drive a called Solid State Hard drive, they have no moving parts and are less susceptible to physical damage caused by movements, But most computers still have the tradition record player like drives as previously described.

Damaged Operating System

Your operating system is the software on your computer which acts as the environment in which the computer operate. If the programs are the cities and countries, the operating system is the world. It helps you talk to the computer and helps the applications and programs talk to the hardware, such as the graphics card, CPU and hard drive.

Your operating system, either Windows, OSX or Linux is constantly reading and writing to your hard drive.

When you tell your computer to turn off the correct way, it makes adjustments for this to happens and sets up a bunch of conditions so the operating system is ready for it.

If you turn your computer off without going through this process, it might damage the hard drive and it might not turn on properly next time or not at all.

This might also manifest itself as a black screen the next time you turn it on.

Recovering Your Data

Recovering data from a damaged hard drive is a complicated process.

Not shutting down your computer can cause both physical and logical damage to your hard drive depending on what it was doing at the time when it was shutdown incorrectly.

We can not always guarantee we can recover your data and files from your hard drive.

That is why we at computer repairs Townsville offer a 100% free diagnosis and quote, were we can analyse your hard drive and data and evaluate what needs to be done.

Our quote is 100% no obligation. If you don’t accept our quote its no problem at all.