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In an effort to eb the flow of a certain recurring topic in this forum, I've written this short guide.
How to fix random reboots
At the desktop, push your Windows Key and Pause at the same time.
Click the Advanced tab, click "Startup & Recovery", and uncheck "Automatically Reboot".
Now if your PC was rebooting from a BSOD, you'll actually get to see the BSOD and you can finally figure out what's going on.
Using your Event Viewer
The Event Viewer is an extremely valuable tool, and should be the first place to look if you think your system is having trouble.
First, open up Control Panel, and then "Administrative Tools". There you should find the Event Viewer. Open it up.
You may browse through each of the logs to see what your system is doing now or has done in the past. Things with red marks next to them are things you should read.
ohnos i have an eerorr! wtf
This is an example of what happens if one half of your RAID array fails.
You may now hit your back button.
How to fix random reboots
At the desktop, push your Windows Key and Pause at the same time.
Click the Advanced tab, click "Startup & Recovery", and uncheck "Automatically Reboot".
Now if your PC was rebooting from a BSOD, you'll actually get to see the BSOD and you can finally figure out what's going on.
Using your Event Viewer
The Event Viewer is an extremely valuable tool, and should be the first place to look if you think your system is having trouble.
First, open up Control Panel, and then "Administrative Tools". There you should find the Event Viewer. Open it up.
You may browse through each of the logs to see what your system is doing now or has done in the past. Things with red marks next to them are things you should read.
ohnos i have an eerorr! wtf
This is an example of what happens if one half of your RAID array fails.
You may now hit your back button.
