Posted: Wed Jul 01, 15 2:36 pm Post subject: Computers for idiot's lesson required
My PC has just stopped working & the error message suggests that it might be a disk space issue, which I've anticipated due to how many photos & films I've been putting on it. It's also steady when processing videos so what is my best course of action? I'm thinking about an external harddrive to move things over& provide a backup for the SD cards, but not sure if that's the best/most cost effective option?
The problem might be nothing to do with that, as there's some electrical storms about and it's been very warm (not that the PC itself is warm), but it's something I've been meaning to do and putting off because of cost, but if it's slowing me down, maybe the time has come to invest.
It's four years old, and I have no reason to replace otherwise - I've cleared some space on a back up usb stick that was flashing red and, touch wood, it hasn't done the same thing again, with the same programmes working.
Pilsbury
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 5645 Location: East london/Essex
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 15 3:17 pm Post subject:
We bought a 1terabyte external hard drive to put all our pics on to a) keep the pc running fast and b) keeping the pics safe.
My PC has just stopped working & the error message suggests
How exactly did it stop?
What was the error message?
Hard to advise anything without knowing. You have sufficient space.
I was backing up Quickbooks & left the PC while it did it. When I returned the 'start pc normally' or (something like) 'check for problems' options were on a black screen. I chose the latter and it said something about the disk space possibly being an issue, on a blue screen. I shut it down and left it for a bit then came back to it and everything appears to be working fine. The only thing I've lost is the latest data on Quickbooks.
I was backing up Quickbooks & left the PC while it did it. When I returned the 'start pc normally' or (something like) 'check for problems' options were on a black screen. I chose the latter and it said something about the disk space possibly being an issue, on a blue screen. I shut it down and left it for a bit then came back to it and everything appears to be working fine. The only thing I've lost is the latest data on Quickbooks.
If it's done a checkdisk then it's probably fine, just make sure you keep your data backed up. If it happens again then worry about it.
I was backing up Quickbooks & left the PC while it did it. When I returned the 'start pc normally' or (something like) 'check for problems' options were on a black screen. I chose the latter and it said something about the disk space possibly being an issue, on a blue screen. I shut it down and left it for a bit then came back to it and everything appears to be working fine. The only thing I've lost is the latest data on Quickbooks.
If it's done a checkdisk then it's probably fine, just make sure you keep your data backed up. If it happens again then worry about it.
I'm not sorried, just wndering the best way to keep the data backed up. The issue may not be the disk, but it can't be helping and I need to add more of it so it's only going to get worse.
external back up drive is a rather useful tool but a bit messy to use as a data drive.if the machine will take one adding another hd inside to act as data storage while the os runs on the original might help
sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 15 6:52 pm Post subject:
Start, all programs, accessories, system tools, disk clean up.
Run that and let it delete all the temp files and things that come up. Temp files can build up and slow your machine down.
I suspect with the error message that came up the weather made your power dip and your machine restarted but without shutting down properly.
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