Just had a powercut

[lonsun]

Basically, was using my pc at the time and everything just suddenly shut down. Our house's electricity just ran out. I'm using a surge protector and I'm just wondering if my PC is going to be affected in anyways.

 

[Martinr36]

should be ok, might get a didn't shut down properly message

 

[steaky360]

Does it turn back on? You'll probably find that you've lost any data you had open (if you were working on something and haven't saved recently for example).

Its unlikely that anything would have been damaged.

- I'm late- basically what @Nursemorph has said

 

[ubuysa]

This is exactly why I have a UPS.

You should be ok and you'll be incredibly unlucky if any physical damage has been done - that's what the surge protector is for. There is however a small chance that there may have been some Windows corruption, it depends entirely on what Windows was doing at the time.

 

[lonsun]

This is exactly why I have a UPS.

You should be ok and you'll be incredibly unlucky if any physical damage has been done - that's what the surge protector is for. There is however a small chance that there may have been some Windows corruption, it depends entirely on what Windows was doing at the time.

I was just on yt watching some video and thats about it. What would lead to cause Windows corruption?

 

[lonsun]

As long as the surge protector is a decent one then it should have done it's job and protected your computer. I have gone through plenty of power cuts while using my system and my surge protector has always done it's job (and that was when I was using a near 20 year old surge protector!). When you get the electric back and start it up, just check everything, if you game, try running a game to make sure the GPU is fine

How do I check if the GPU is fine or not?

 

[lonsun]

Does it turn back on? You'll probably find that you've lost any data you had open (if you were working on something and haven't saved recently for example).

Its unlikely that anything would have been damaged.

- I'm late- basically what @Nursemorph has said

Does the monitor get affected in any way at all?

 

[ubuysa]

I was just on yt watching some video and thats about it. What would lead to cause Windows corruption?

If Windows was writing to disk at the time and hadn't finished and closed the file it will be corrupted.

 

[ubuysa]

Does the monitor get affected in any way at all?

Nope

 

[lonsun]

If Windows was writing to disk at the time and hadn't finished and closed the file it will be corrupted.

Is there any way I can search to see if I have any corrupted files?

 

[ubuysa]

How do I check if the GPU is fine or not?

Run a demanding game.

If the surge protector did its job there won't be any electrical damage.

 

[ubuysa]

Is there any way I can search to see if I have any corrupted files?

You can run an sfc /scannow command at an elevated command prompt to check your critical system files. If you start to get any strange errors or problems then plan to do a reinstall pretty soon.

Also run a dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth at an elevated command prompt to check the component store. It's unlikely to have been corrupted but it's worth a check.

 

[lonsun]

I see, I just ran Apex and everything seems to be fine. Does Windows Defender check for any corrupted files or damage to the PC itself?

 

[steaky360]

No its an antivirus program primarily. @ubuysa comment above explains how to check the disk itself.

 

[ubuysa]

No its an antivirus program primarily. @ubuysa comment above explains how to check the disk itself.

To check the disk(s) run a chkdsk /f /x against any SSDs or HDDs you have - one at a time though. You'll have to reboot after each one.

 

[lonsun]

Ok thanks everyone