The BSOD can have severe implications on the drive and the system. In a worst-case scenario, BSOD may cause drive corruption and permanent data loss. However, to fix the issue, you need to explore and perform repair or alterations in all possibly affected areas in the system.
Important Note: In case data is lost during auto-system reboot, you must immediately perform data recovery.
To check out the possibility of a malware causing the automatic system restarts, run a deep malware scan. Use some reliable anti-malware scanner app. You can use the inbuilt Windows Defender malware scanner for the purpose.
Damaged Windows system files can cause severe issues in your PC such as auto-reboot. Besides auto-rebooting for installing updates and due to system failure, Windows OS may also crash or abruptly shut down due to damaged or corrupt system files.
To check system file integrity, you can run the SFC scan. The scan searches for the system files and inspects them for any corruption or damage.
A corrupt or damaged system file is replaced with a new file if found. If you had recently installed a software or driver update after which the issue started, consider uninstalling them immediately. Maybe the update you installed is corrupt, damaged or infected. You may use the system restore feature in Windows to restore your system. Always install software and drivers from a trusted source to avoid such issues.
To check whether your hard drive is working fine, use Windows built-in error-checking tool as follows:. This may fix most errors with the drive or may reveal some problem with the drive. Take appropriate measure, based on the outcome. Sometimes updates may cause serious troubles instead of solving the existing ones. Due to damaged or incomplete updates, Windows update may fail triggering a system reboot loop at every unsuccessful attempt.
To stop automatic restart Windows 10 issue, you must uninstall problematic updates and install the updates manually by following these steps:. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Server General. User's post on February 14, Start menu -- Settings app -- Update and Security -- Windows Update -- Change active hours Thanks for your answer - but it's not useful. In reply to Omoikane's post on February 14, In reply to Suleiman Boutzamat's post on February 15, Hello, Try the process below: 1.
Select the Reboot it does not have an extension file right-click it and select "Rename". Rename the Reboot file to "Reboot. Right-click inside the folder, select "New," and click on "Folder". Name the New Folder "Reboot". Now restart your computer. This will disable Window's ability to restart automatically.
If this solution has the desired effect let me know. Kirk Jones. In reply to Omoikane's post on February 16, This is what I've had to do the UpdateOrchestrator option posted by Omoikane To the other answers: Active Hours are not a valid solution. I leave my computer with long running processes over night, and I come back in the morning and discover my system rebooted.
This has cost me a lot of time and money. So happy! In reply to PaulPChou's post on April 14, This site in other languages x. Temporary Workarounds The methods below will disable the nagging reminders after Windows Update runs by stopping the associated service. Permanent Fix Unfortunately most of the everlasting system tweaks out there are unavailable to "Home" users -- that includes even Home Premium versions as these lack the group policy editor and a few other "advanced" Windows features.
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