im painting my room so im gunna have to move my furniture around. if i unplug my computer from the outlet in the wall, will i lose all my documents, pictures etc?
2006-08-24 09:55:50 · 19 answers · asked by miss.melissxoxo 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
When you save something to your computer, it is saved to the hard drive. The hard drive saves things magnetically (flips between 1 and 0). So once you shut down your computer, electricity stops flowing to the hard drive and it keeps the data the same until the computer is rebooted.
So short answer without all the technical details ;)...is that once you go: Start -> Turn off Computer....and it powers off you can unplug it as many times as you need to ;).
2006-08-24 10:08:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is no different than turning it off. The only way you lose all your documents is if your hard drive crashed and you have no back up. Or if you upgrade your operating system and you didn't back anything up. There are a few others but unplugging your computer from the wall will not crash your hard drive.
2006-08-24 17:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, You shouldn't lose any information. Before you unplug your computer, Make sure that it is properly shut down and that all the power is off (Monitor, Speakers, etc.)
Hope it all works out.
2006-08-24 16:59:49 · answer #3 · answered by ryan78230 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 17:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by Tutkun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No of course not. Your computer has a brain. It stores all of your info. It will not loose it. I mean shutting down your pc is like unplugging it. Commong sense.
A computer isn't like Tivo. Where you have to reprogram everythign according to your area code. hahaha
2006-08-24 16:59:33 · answer #5 · answered by blah blah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you properly shutdown your computer before you unplug it, no information will be lost when you unplug it.
2006-08-24 16:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by rscanner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO!!! The data is saved on the hard drive, like on a flopy or cd.
2006-08-24 17:06:16 · answer #7 · answered by Nik S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But...Turn it off correctly. You should back up info periodically anyway. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. Good luck
2006-08-24 17:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by RICK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have done that before, and nope it doesn't...you just have to shut it down first from the Start menu.
2006-08-24 16:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by lalala 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as it is saved to your hard drive, you will be fine.
2006-08-24 17:00:50 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋