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Nothing beats that feeling when you arrive at your desk, set down a hot cup of delicious something, take your seat, and get ready to start a fresh, productive day. That feeling is destroyed when the PC decides to take a detour from your planned route.

❯❯ Initial computer woe is almost always a sign of hardware trouble. Replacing the bad part fixes the problem.

❯❯ The change that causes computer startup trouble is most often due to time: Parts grow old and fail, most frequently when you turn on a computer. Even so, consider what you’ve changed or modified on your PC or added to it. Have you installed new hardware, modified a software setting, or updated Windows? One of these issues may have caused the problem.

❯❯ If the problem isn’t with the PC’s mass storage system (hard drive), your data is probably safe. Replacing bad hardware, such as a video card or power supply, fixes the problem without damaging your data. However:

❯❯ You risk losing your data by taking your PC into the shop for repair. That’s because sometimes the technicians replace or erase the hard drive or primary storage media. Of course, when the hard drive is the problem, it needs replacing anyway. That’s why I recommend backups; see Book 4, Chapter 3.