@@crazyyLexa idk about specifically home PCs but I'm sure People who doesn't want to risk losing their unsaved work during a power outage/risk losing all their files during a failed windows update qualifies as one of the main target customers. If you leave your PC on and there's a sudden power outage, their's a chance that any hard drive on that PC would malfunction. There are other usecases not related to risk of losing files as well. For example: I often access my PC at my dorm remotely from my parent's house. If there's a power outage, I don't have to worry about my PC suddenly shutting off since both the router and PC are linked to the UPS and whenever there's a power outage, they'll be a battery icon that pops up and the UPS will tell how much time you have left. Furthermore, for my UPS, it also helps predict how much your electricity bills. The UPS also acts as a secondary surge protector.
If the fear is strong I’d recommend getting a UPS battery bar, there pricey, but worth it, I got one cause this old building I’m in has power fluctuations and those put strain on my PSU.
I used to have a computer that was so f’d that it wasn’t able to complete updates, so I would have to turn it off instead. Is that similar to unplugging your computer when it’s updating? If so, your computer might be fine afterwards like my old one
@@TylerTMG if I let my intrusive thoughts win then I'mma put your phone in that one spot you overlook in one room and move to another spot just before you see it
@@samuelfernandesoliveira And they are able to outperform us, is what I am saying, but they can only outperform us in things that WE tell them, so, we are able to keep their outperformance contained like a Virus in a pandemic would be.
@Rock Boii im pretty sure its supposed to do nothing, mine does nothing aswell, powercuts pretty often in my place and ive had times where my updates were interupted , and the pc's still fine
It happened to me... I had blue screen and needed to go to BIOS and Install Windows with a USB Stick from another Computer again. I wasted 4 hours cuz i tried other stuff and i was young. I lost all my data and the Problem was i installed Windows on my hdd and not on my ssd, so i needed to Do it again cuz everything was slow. A New Problem appeared : everytime i Started my PC, He asked me which of my installed Windows i wanted to Start and it failed on my ssd. So i needed to delete everything and Do it again, on my ssd. It worked and i cried 😂
Easy solution to this. UPS. You can get a decent one that'll run for 15-30 minutes for like $100. Or you can buy a used/dead one from recycle companies for like $30 and buy a new battery for it for anywhere between $50 and $100. If you have the money, go with new, but you can always go with a used if you need to stay a bit cheaper. All my important electronics have a battery backup, if for the only purpose of shutting them down properly when the power goes out. Plus, take care of them, and they'll last you for a lot longer than the battery is warrantied for.
In your situation, windows update was updating core files that it was unable to recover. However, for most people it shouldn't be too much of a worry. Windows can typically roll back an update if it fails however as advised do not purposely shut off your computer as it can lead to that
I would like to clarify that it probably is an update to the firmware of the computer. The difference is that firmware is there to store the most basic information of a device- ex: opening an app, opening the start window, etc- while software are the little things- running outside apps, optimizing apps, etc. When the power goes off, all the firmware- which I think is what you meant by “core files”- is unable to update, so it goes under a state of limbo because of its reliance on a power source. I learned this from a robotics class if you were wondering. Despite my details, I still think you overall did a sufficient explanation for whatever knowledge you had! (Sorry if it’s hard to understand, English is weird ;-;)
Is windows update different for pc and computer? My PC was doing a windows update and I kid you not took like 5 hours to reach 100% to shutdown, uninstall the update, and to update again (my pc was charged).
@@nerdray nothing about this is correct. There is a BIOS firmware, but that has absolutely nothing to do with windows. The only thing the BIOS, or nowadays usually UEFI does is handle a lot of stuff pre-startup and then starts the NT Kernel. The BIOS firmware is in no way responsible for starting programs, window managment, threading, etc. Thats all handled by Windows and its kernel. If an actual firmware update fails, you have very low chances of your computer even starting at all.
@@Name-gg1li What do you mean exactly? There's not a big difference between a PC and a computer - a PC is intended to be used by the owner only and computers are just the more general term that also include public computers, servers, etcetera. If your PC took so long to update Windows Update likely just ran into some kind of error/corrupted data, assuming it doesn't usually take this long. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the distinction between a PC or a computer.
It’s also important to note at what point you are in the update. If you make it to a certain phase, it will actually have a fail safe that will actually undo any changes. They’ve gotten significantly better over the last few versions of windows dying during updated
doubt it, i had experienced ton of painful windows OS corrupt during an update that happen in the background that i'm not aware of. and i've lost ton of precious data from a corrupted windows update. there are a lot of things that could make your OS corrupt. even an internet outage or flaky internet could screw your OS windows update is just straight up evil
Guys this heavily depends on what kind of update your pc does… If you‘re doing this during a security update or fixes it shouldn‘t deal any damage to your device
It might break it the system is installing "essential updates" that are updating (deleting and replacing with newer version) system components like the taskbar or window manager ....
this usually only happens when windows is installing a MAJOR update. Small updates normally work fine if your computer gets turned off. Still though, you should avoid turning it off during an update
@@flipnshifty Yeah windows update are total garbage. Unannounced, cant be permanently delayed, and random. Like, if you are going to start an update automatically, atleast give a promt saying that the update has to happen and allow us to start it when we are ready.
@@LeaksHater as some solace, sometimes the updates could be security updates, which are more often than not unannounced and random due to the nature of cybersecurity and novel threats emerging. Not to say it doesn't suck, but it does have some purpose.
That happened to me few years ago when there was a storm outside and strong wind. I did not have a much to do so i grab my PC and i just said LETS DO A BIOS UPDATE and everything was just fine, there was no power outages or micro powerourages when the power goes off for like half a second ,what so ever so i grab my USB stick, flashed bios in, restarted, got to the bios and start updating it and in the middle of that updating boom, power went off as well as my PC and i was like - Holy shit and now what. After one whole day, power went back on, but my PC was saying other, it wont start, only the fans spoon up and that is it. No beeps no error beeps nothing. Luckily the motheeboard was some MSI with dual flash bios but on that specific motherboard there was jumper to set the bios to LEGACY/UEFI or backup, i did not know that untill i open up some google forums and took a bit while to understand what has just happened and how to solve it. This PC is still running just fine but actual bios is broken, you can't do nothing flash it or updated it via the old one so it runs on backup bios. You can desolder that specific chip but for how old this PC is it is not worth it at all
One time on a PC that my dad was prepping for a client, it was really unstable so he updated the bios to fix it and it crash in the middle of updating the bios, that motherboard never booted ever again, doesn't even respond to any butons
I remember forcefully shutting my PC down while it's updating and it never really got corrupted, not to mention, I've already done this twice, damn I'm Lucky as hell.
My pc corrupted itself out of nowhere due to an ssd failure a little over a year ago. Stupid me never thought to back up my digital art folder... like EVER. Hundreds of files and doodles and complete works, lost. I learned my lesson about lack of backups the hard way that day
technically you can recover the computer manually, but that involves like opening an imo file using another OS's terminal and copy pasting core files or smth
I work in the field, that mileage does vary but hardly ever does it vary well. I've seen even perfectly normal, operating systems get corrupt Windows files. If a client does this to a system, it makes me physically hurt
Windows will do it for you I’ve had this happen multiple times and windows knows it will happen to some people quite often and it can be recovered using the repair tools
Fun fact: there are cities where water is common and sh*t so yeah it's not Russian roulette for common Africans but the rare Africans it's Russian roulette
@@rehanahmadclass-2c441 Even in areas where electricity is common, South Africa (as well as several other countries) is known for their frequent blackouts, so it basically Russian roulette for people living in South Africa.
you're not the one who gets to decide, basically they'll corrupt itself whenever they feel like it. Windows update basically an aggressive Cancer living on a completely perfect condition Windows each upgrades have a chances to ruins an existing features, bloat your OS, or just decide to corrupt itself into a blue screen
This explains why this happened to me a while ago .Nothing worked , not even file explorer . I was forced to install a brand new installation of windows and lost everything . Now I know what was the reason to my suffering and I thank you 😂😂
This kind of corruption can only happen if you interrupt a MAJOR update. At most situations, Windows will go back to its previous state. P.S: World War 3 in the comments + 1k likes. my commentary: OMG MOM IM- sike, not gonna be unoriginal doodoohead, instead, get FORTNITE BALLS, UP IN YO FACE
No, This kind of corruption is because when he unplugged the computer it was only at the 30% mark (OF THE UPDATE cuz people assuming it's the battery, anways) so it lost ALOT of files since it deleted all the files to replace it with the new ones but also at a certain point at 50+ % it has a fail safe but with the new computers at 0% it's a fail safe so this isn't going to be an issue anymore. Also I'm just assuming that computer is old Edit: here's in latin's terms Old computers Need 50+% for the fail safe While new computers have an automatic fail safe All I needed to say really.
@@burgermanjoeyou can cut the power on windows 7 anytime it does this and it will never get corrupted, it will just keep prompting you to these updates which can easily be disabled as well
@@lou5368 I had a PC on Windows 7 back in October 2016 that got stuck on one specific update and it wouldn't go anywhere. The HDD indicator wasn't doing anything so it was confirmed stuck. Unplugged it and plugged back in and it worked fine.
This is windows sating like, those companies who use 100.000 windows machine as a server should just eat dirt and use your free time to reinstall windows and reconfigure everything on 100.000 devices from scratch, just for fun
@@neampojma8676it's usually safe however during the update it will update some important files that probably are abt 5% of the update and if you shut down during that your computer will break
@@neampojma8676 I'm not exactly sure but maybe the update wasn't that necessary so it didn't effect many files so it was able to re gain all of them or laptops have some way to not lose everything again im not sure tho
A few years ago this happened to me on Windows 10. I thought the laptop was on charge but it wasn't, leaving it to run out during an update. Came back to the Windows startup screen with the text "undoing changes". Worked fine until I dropped the laptop and the HDD slowly died about a month later.
Ah yes, this topic is relevant to most of us and you finally address this (not that I'm complaining). My wife's laptop had a similiar issue where the screen goes black with only a single box present when booted, no idea why. After force booting it using the power button and re booting it goes into windows normally, but when restarting it displays windows update message 😂
If this ever happens to you and Windows has some very corrupted files you actually don't need to reinstall Windows you can just boot from secure mode and restore all corrupted files from CMD with a special command and it saves so much time and Windows is gonna back as usual.
I remember this happening by accident. The computer wouldn't stop blue screening (right after completing the install). I had to do something with some registry key, I googled it looking for "dumb lock" because I swear it was named something like that. It was almost like if you fail installing windows, it locks you out, and you need to reset this option. Maybe it was the certain cracked verification code I put in that caused it.
@@aronhalaoui3188Don't worry, Your computer will only break if it's updating files like bootmgr.exe, ntoskrnl.exe or something like that. If windows was updating a certain part Then that part would completely stop working and would crash immediately. So the chances are like 1 in thousands but it could be a risk.
This doesn't happen often, and heavily depends on the TYPE of update that was being installed. Most of the time, for non-system updates, the roll back to known good drivers works just fine and your computer comes back. One thing I always tell people who ask for assistance with their computer (aside from clients at work who actually have all their updates managed by the company I work for) is that they need to turn off automatic updates and just sent a reminder once per month to check for updates on a clear weather day. Source of my knowledge: 4 years working for a couple of MSPs, 8 years working with desktops and servers in general.
Most updates, anywhere from 60 to 80% of available updates at any time, are non-system updates and do not access Windows system files. If the computer is shut off during a non-system update, there is little to no harm done, and typically the worst is you're going to have to install your audio or most recent video drivers again. When it comes to system updates, this can happen, but it's not likely. Typically, this only happens due to a large amount of fragmentation or existing corruption on the disk. SSDs are commonly thought to be non-fragmentable, but they can and are fragmented the same as HDDs. As a good rule of thumb, defrag your drives once a month. You can also run sfc /scannow to check for any corruption in the system files, and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth to check the computer image for any corruption. For those who may not know how to defrag disks, run chkdsk /f and tell it "y" and then reboot. Commands to copy: sfc /scannow DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth chkdsk /f Edit: I realized I forgot to include where to run these commands for anyone who is not familiar with running computer commands - do a Windows search (search bar bottom left corner of your screen) and search for "cmd" and click "Command Prompt". If you have admin rights, make sure to right-click and select "Run as Admin", tell it Yes, and then type in the commands above.
This once happened to me during a BIOS update. My laptop was on low charge and there was a powercut that lasted pretty long. My laptop ran out of charge midway. After the power was back on, I switched on the charger and switched on the laptop. It continued the update normally and still works to this day 👍
Most modern motherboards have two chips for the firmware. One is a backup chip in case something goes wrong during an update. That’s probably what saved you.
I once did that because my computer was taking a long time to move the percentage. It was at 1% complete for like an hour. It didn't ruin anything when I did it
If an Arch Linux user had a power cut during an update, they would just manually fix the corrupted files with their 17 year old laptop with the casing removed and 50m Ethernet cable
Not necessary because no files are overwritten. Files are downloaded and then copied or simlinked into place. A failed update will just redownload, or recopy the files. I rare cases where it fails during a kernel update you may have to choose an older version to boot but unless you actively try to break it you will almost never have to reset your Linux computer.
It happened to me multiple times. I connected my charger but forgot to turn on the power switch and I was in TTY mode. You can imagine how oblivious I was. I innocently started a full system upgrade and right when it went to installing the Kernel, the laptop died. Fortunately, no harm was done. I booted it again with power supply and ran the upgrade again and no files seemed corrupt.
The point is that it's not always unsafe to unplug it during an update, but that you can't know when it's safe to do so, so might as well just avoid it entirely. The update process usually has checkpoints that can be jumped to if the current state is corrupted, but you might be screwed if you power it off before the first checkpoint was created
I had this happen to me once. I was working IT for a college and running some updates on a computer that was almost ready to go back out. I asked one of my coworkers to finish up with it while I got lunch. "I'm just finishing up some updates, then you can take it back to the user." Turns out he misheard me and thought it was already done updating, so he unplugged it while the bios update was still going. Thankfully the hard drive was fine so i was able to just swap the machine out with no issues, but it took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out how such a simple repair ended up with a completely unresponsive pc. Unfortunately we didn't have the equipment or skills to flash a new bios onto it so that motherboard had to be recycled.
@@un7n0wing85 that sounds like a nightmare of a coworker. Ganking out the power plug withychecking if the pc runs is a red flag for me Re-flashing the bios could be tricky, even with the tools needed. Could've cost more than a new mobo At least the data was kept safe
Your PC is basically dead, you can flash manually the BIOS rom but that hard on PC and impossible on Laptop You can still recover your files by removing the SSD/HDD but say goodbye to the PC
Reminds me when I was updating my dad's MacBook and it was taking too long so 12 y/o me decided it'd be smart to force shut it down and then turn it on again. Well from there onwards it was just a few rounds to some Mac repairers
Windows has stuff to prevent the corruption of files in this case through undoing any changes made in the update. Shutting down during an update will not corrupt your files, it will just stop the update.
Yep, it's called CBS. It's literally designed to at least assure you can get into your OS to fix things. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this guy did this several dozen times to get the corruption results for his video.
@@StAnLiXoNfIrE Yea, that's not how it works mate. It definitely cannot delete your files, considering all it does is alter the system files. All other files in the hard drive, or any other hard drives remain untouched, even in the case that the operating system files do get corrupted.
@@StAnLiXoNfIrE Do you actually think that a multi billion dollar company would leave this large of a vulnerability in their operating systems? The probability that your files get corrupted is so negligible that its almost impossible, that depends on the update though.
@@desiredev6783 you just said it yourself. The probability is negligible but not 0. Also, you can check it by yourself how this multi billion company gives 0 fucks by just checking their microsoft community forum. Stop saying this is "not possible because they are rich" thats a dumb argument.
On a similar note, I broke this Bluetooth sensor last year because I left the room with my phone while the software was being updated. I definitely won't make that mistake again
imagine not wanting to update but you get forced to then the power gets cut off during it 💀
It happened to me but nothing happened to my windows.
I have a ups so no problem😅
new fear unlocked
That would be fucked up
@@shovan_halder looks like he deleted windows 32 files for the sake of video ... Or maybe his windows update was important
Power outage during bios and windows update is my biggest nightmare
UPS: Am I a joke to you?
Get a genny problem solved
@@THEMATT222who tf buy UPS for home PC?
@@THEMATT222 r u dūmb?
I think u haven't used UPS in ur life
Computer always shuts down bcz there's delay switching to UPS
@@crazyyLexa idk about specifically home PCs but I'm sure People who doesn't want to risk losing their unsaved work during a power outage/risk losing all their files during a failed windows update qualifies as one of the main target customers. If you leave your PC on and there's a sudden power outage, their's a chance that any hard drive on that PC would malfunction. There are other usecases not related to risk of losing files as well. For example: I often access my PC at my dorm remotely from my parent's house. If there's a power outage, I don't have to worry about my PC suddenly shutting off since both the router and PC are linked to the UPS and whenever there's a power outage, they'll be a battery icon that pops up and the UPS will tell how much time you have left. Furthermore, for my UPS, it also helps predict how much your electricity bills. The UPS also acts as a secondary surge protector.
“don’t try this at home”
school computer: **starts sweating**
your school computer got windows?
@@del127Most School computers use Windows brother
edit: it might just be my location I don't really know
@@del127 I have never had a school pc that isn’t windows…
@@heheehyup my school pcs use linux mint..
@V windows 7 is great, linux mint is pure shit
the fact that Limbo the game was on his desktop and a few seconds later he mentioned 'in a state of limbo' is wild
Limbo?
@@Mj012_ the game
@@rishanthehe oh limbo
Exactly what I was about to day
Nh22 isolation
One of my deepest fears is a power outage during a windows update.
If the fear is strong I’d recommend getting a UPS battery bar, there pricey, but worth it, I got one cause this old building I’m in has power fluctuations and those put strain on my PSU.
thats why use ups...they are not even that expensive and will last you for years.
I used to have a computer that was so f’d that it wasn’t able to complete updates, so I would have to turn it off instead. Is that similar to unplugging your computer when it’s updating? If so, your computer might be fine afterwards like my old one
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hapened to me and stil was able undo changes and worked fine
New fear unlocked: power outage while updating windows
Don't worry, I turn my oven off during updates all the time and this doesn't happen
HOLD MY UPS 😁
just happened to me
What country do you live in that has power outages 😂
@@strandkorbst9643 i mean it’s very common for trees to knock down power lines, wind, car wrecks into the pole, all have happened at some point.
You just saved so many PCs from intrusive thoughts.
I was gonna try it myself but decided to check if somebody’s done it before😅
But your stuff will be fine even if windows is completely broken
@@TylerTMG nice try, you rascal you
@@TylerTMG if I let my intrusive thoughts win then I'mma put your phone in that one spot you overlook in one room and move to another spot just before you see it
At the cost of this Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020
bro listened to his intrusive thoughts💀💀
So basically if your electricity went out when you're updating your Windows, it's a death sentence.
Not really, Windows has a backup folder that it uses when similar events such as a power failure prevent the system from updating completely
@@sergiovianelli1656 yea, it can usually recover, but in the case of this video it failed, but the system restore should be able to roll it back.
Flashing Bios updates is a Death sentence without Dual Bios.
@@juneaoalfred3704thankfully, that feature is becoming more and more common.
@@juneaoalfred3704 thats why i dont touch my bios until absolutely necessary
Moral of the story: Listen to the warnings your electronics give you.
Because they are smarter than us.
@@ARAGAMINGALOK07 dude they were built by people 💀💀💀
@@samuelfernandesoliveira And they are able to outperform us, is what I am saying, but they can only outperform us in things that WE tell them, so, we are able to keep their outperformance contained like a Virus in a pandemic would be.
@@samuelfernandesoliveira built by people, learned from themselves, they will rise one day
Me who has every single cancer brcause i didnt beleive the video game box:
Imagine loosing electricity at your home during an update
That happened to me with my internet router and i had to buy another
@Rock Boii im pretty sure its supposed to do nothing, mine does nothing aswell, powercuts pretty often in my place and ive had times where my updates were interupted , and the pc's still fine
Happened hundreds of time. It's reality not imagination.
It happened to me... I had blue screen and needed to go to BIOS and Install Windows with a USB Stick from another Computer again. I wasted 4 hours cuz i tried other stuff and i was young. I lost all my data and the Problem was i installed Windows on my hdd and not on my ssd, so i needed to Do it again cuz everything was slow. A New Problem appeared : everytime i Started my PC, He asked me which of my installed Windows i wanted to Start and it failed on my ssd. So i needed to delete everything and Do it again, on my ssd. It worked and i cried 😂
@@GemsBond420 Jesus Christ, what a rollercoaster you had to go through 😂😂
"Windows is now in a state of Limbo"
the game limbo on his desktop:
New fear: power outage during a window update
Easy solution to this. UPS. You can get a decent one that'll run for 15-30 minutes for like $100. Or you can buy a used/dead one from recycle companies for like $30 and buy a new battery for it for anywhere between $50 and $100. If you have the money, go with new, but you can always go with a used if you need to stay a bit cheaper. All my important electronics have a battery backup, if for the only purpose of shutting them down properly when the power goes out.
Plus, take care of them, and they'll last you for a lot longer than the battery is warrantied for.
@@wiedhathecrafter7508i just did your comment it worked 👍
I turned off my computer during a Windows update and nothing happened don't try it at home tho
Or updating during thunder lol
Don't worry nothing happens
note to self- don't update windows during a storm
Or when summer starts and everyone starts using their acs
With no surge protector, better to not use in a storm
Don't update windows while my kittens are in the room trying to clawn the power cable.
Heh automatic updates, when you least expect it
yeah would be nice but windows loves to occasionally FORCE those updates
In your situation, windows update was updating core files that it was unable to recover. However, for most people it shouldn't be too much of a worry. Windows can typically roll back an update if it fails however as advised do not purposely shut off your computer as it can lead to that
I would like to clarify that it probably is an update to the firmware of the computer. The difference is that firmware is there to store the most basic information of a device- ex: opening an app, opening the start window, etc- while software are the little things- running outside apps, optimizing apps, etc. When the power goes off, all the firmware- which I think is what you meant by “core files”- is unable to update, so it goes under a state of limbo because of its reliance on a power source. I learned this from a robotics class if you were wondering. Despite my details, I still think you overall did a sufficient explanation for whatever knowledge you had! (Sorry if it’s hard to understand, English is weird ;-;)
Is windows update different for pc and computer? My PC was doing a windows update and I kid you not took like 5 hours to reach 100% to shutdown, uninstall the update, and to update again (my pc was charged).
@@nerdray nothing about this is correct. There is a BIOS firmware, but that has absolutely nothing to do with windows. The only thing the BIOS, or nowadays usually UEFI does is handle a lot of stuff pre-startup and then starts the NT Kernel.
The BIOS firmware is in no way responsible for starting programs, window managment, threading, etc. Thats all handled by Windows and its kernel.
If an actual firmware update fails, you have very low chances of your computer even starting at all.
Updating bios is dangerous.
@@Name-gg1li What do you mean exactly? There's not a big difference between a PC and a computer - a PC is intended to be used by the owner only and computers are just the more general term that also include public computers, servers, etcetera.
If your PC took so long to update Windows Update likely just ran into some kind of error/corrupted data, assuming it doesn't usually take this long. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the distinction between a PC or a computer.
I did that a couple times and it's still working!
Same lol
I just did that just now because after updating my screen went black
@@akanshsachan1235 But it's impossible.
@@yepyepoyno it’s not
Same, maybe on older hardware the data gets corrupted?
"your desktop is now in a limbo state"
*the game limbo in the background*
Yea
The level Limbo by MindCap in the background:
@@Rosalinnd i love you
Goated game
Can anyone tell me what's the background song?
Your sacrifice won't be forgotten, soldier.
Now I wonder if DISM could repair it
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you can just reinstall the os
It’s also important to note at what point you are in the update. If you make it to a certain phase, it will actually have a fail safe that will actually undo any changes. They’ve gotten significantly better over the last few versions of windows dying during updated
Yup, I tried atleast 8 times unplugging it while in the middle of an update, no matter what it functioned flawlessly as always
@@u0ayt69 bro why 👀
@@jakob7116he has become suffering
doubt it, i had experienced ton of painful windows OS corrupt during an update that happen in the background that i'm not aware of.
and i've lost ton of precious data from a corrupted windows update.
there are a lot of things that could make your OS corrupt. even an internet outage or flaky internet could screw your OS
windows update is just straight up evil
@@jensenraylight8011 well your just not as good
Guys this heavily depends on what kind of update your pc does…
If you‘re doing this during a security update or fixes it shouldn‘t deal any damage to your device
In the past year, I did this about 100 times because win10 was doing some really intrusive stuff in the middle of work.
PC still works.
Same
Yep, I think the video might be fake
It might break it the system is installing "essential updates" that are updating (deleting and replacing with newer version) system components like the taskbar or window manager ....
@@gideonaniakwa4687 it's not fake, this can happen. It's less common than just everything being fine, but it's probably not worth risking on purpose
Users ignoring the Wednesday patch policy message for 6 months and wondering why their PC runs like shit be like
this usually only happens when windows is installing a MAJOR update. Small updates normally work fine if your computer gets turned off. Still though, you should avoid turning it off during an update
I always turn it off when it's updating windows cause don't tell me what to do :@
What if it's stuck?
@@flipnshifty Yeah windows update are total garbage. Unannounced, cant be permanently delayed, and random. Like, if you are going to start an update automatically, atleast give a promt saying that the update has to happen and allow us to start it when we are ready.
@@LeaksHaterMine warns me lol
@@LeaksHater as some solace, sometimes the updates could be security updates, which are more often than not unannounced and random due to the nature of cybersecurity and novel threats emerging. Not to say it doesn't suck, but it does have some purpose.
Also DONT SHUT OFF YOUR COMPUTER DURING A FIRMWARE UPDATE!
MrYeester should fo that in another video, just to show those who are wondering what happens.
@@timhoch15 yes
My laptop actually got powered off during during a firmware update, to my surprise nothing really happened i was so scared lmao
That should be obvious..
@@Circuit_Midnightit's fairly hard to brick a computer due do interruption during a bios flash.
Unplug when update bios is much, much more dangerous
To everyone that wants to get a new fear : check cutting power during bios flashing
That happened to me few years ago when there was a storm outside and strong wind. I did not have a much to do so i grab my PC and i just said LETS DO A BIOS UPDATE and everything was just fine, there was no power outages or micro powerourages when the power goes off for like half a second ,what so ever so i grab my USB stick, flashed bios in, restarted, got to the bios and start updating it and in the middle of that updating boom, power went off as well as my PC and i was like - Holy shit and now what. After one whole day, power went back on, but my PC was saying other, it wont start, only the fans spoon up and that is it. No beeps no error beeps nothing. Luckily the motheeboard was some MSI with dual flash bios but on that specific motherboard there was jumper to set the bios to LEGACY/UEFI or backup, i did not know that untill i open up some google forums and took a bit while to understand what has just happened and how to solve it. This PC is still running just fine but actual bios is broken, you can't do nothing flash it or updated it via the old one so it runs on backup bios. You can desolder that specific chip but for how old this PC is it is not worth it at all
You monster
@@isura7 i am the devil incarnate
One time on a PC that my dad was prepping for a client, it was really unstable so he updated the bios to fix it and it crash in the middle of updating the bios, that motherboard never booted ever again, doesn't even respond to any butons
@@samohraje2433to be honest you got very lucky your pc is working at all, at this point I'd get a new pc since you can't really change a motherboard
New phobia unlocked! "Powersuddenlycuttingoffwhileanupdateophobia"
Maybe it deserved look at your profile picture
That always happens to me, but it doesn't affect my pc tho lol
cure it by buying UPS
As a person with a laptop, I see this is an absolute win
people with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia reading this comment:
You know the irony? I corrupted my windows this morning, thank you for uploading this now MrYeester 💀
skill issue
@@atomek1847 gen z issue
I remember forcefully shutting my PC down while it's updating and it never really got corrupted, not to mention, I've already done this twice, damn I'm Lucky as hell.
My pc corrupted itself out of nowhere due to an ssd failure a little over a year ago. Stupid me never thought to back up my digital art folder... like EVER. Hundreds of files and doodles and complete works, lost. I learned my lesson about lack of backups the hard way that day
@@gamb2010 also could say “ take your z “, as “ take your L “ these gen Z say that all the time
technically you can recover the computer manually, but that involves like opening an imo file using another OS's terminal and copy pasting core files or smth
Your mileage may vary but even still I don't recommend trying this out at home 😅
Now i am gone try this at my friends computer😂
what song do you use in background
One way to find out
I work in the field, that mileage does vary but hardly ever does it vary well. I've seen even perfectly normal, operating systems get corrupt Windows files. If a client does this to a system, it makes me physically hurt
Wait... I've actually done this, hitting my power button tho.. but I didnt have any problems the next day
If this happens you should boot in safemode and run a backup. Remember people, always have a backup of your computer!
Windows will do it for you I’ve had this happen multiple times and windows knows it will happen to some people quite often and it can be recovered using the repair tools
How do I do that
That's not in any way guaranteed to help. Start the computer from a live USB and backup from there. Don't rely on a corrupted OS to backup your data!
Or do sfc /scannow
@@gozi9423 That's assuming the system starts at all. It's also risking data loss. Do a backup first then try tricks like this.
Song: broken by lund
I was scrolling for so long to find this
@@Kiro_ii me to bro
@@miroguarneri354 Me three.
And it's sped up.
whats even worse, is the possibility of a power cut during moving partitions or a bios flash.
"Don't worry i got you! "
*Power cut off*
"I'm sorry" : (
Sits With A laptop
"My windows update will go smoothly with no problems! "
A sudden power outage:
The sudden power outage be like: sssssssssssssssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyggggggggoooooooooddddddddbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee
New fear unlocked ❌
New knowledge gained ✔️
Eh it's kind of both
Yup@@germanguy2
@@alphachad69 It's hindu god Hanuman ji
Btw i tried this lol and need to download a new windows trust me
@@jenil7510 if it means losing data then you’re wrong
The school computers still always survive it
XD true
Nope 5 computers in my school have the same thing
That's probably because they haven't been updated in the 7 years they've been sitting there
Damn true 😭
@@tamoozbrnuh uh its because school computers everyday gets automatic resets
Updating a bios in South Africa be like playing Russian roulette💀💀
Fun fact: there are cities where water is common and sh*t so yeah it's not Russian roulette for common Africans but the rare Africans it's Russian roulette
@@rehanahmadclass-2c441 Even in areas where electricity is common, South Africa (as well as several other countries) is known for their frequent blackouts, so it basically Russian roulette for people living in South Africa.
Moral of the story don’t update windows during a severe thunderstorm.
That actually happened to me.
you're not the one who gets to decide, basically they'll corrupt itself whenever they feel like it.
Windows update basically an aggressive Cancer living on a completely perfect condition Windows
each upgrades have a chances to ruins an existing features, bloat your OS, or just decide to corrupt itself into a blue screen
@@jensenraylight8011 ?????????? windows update has never corrupted my computer
@@TonyE69that doesnt mean it cant happen
@@jensenraylight8011i entirely disabled windows update service
"Don't do this at home!"
"Okay I'll do it outside."
imagine if he also shut off the computer during the undoing changes part 💀
I always wondered (bit for obvious reasons never tried). Thanks for scratching this itch
power outage just became my greatest fear
they over dramatize it. It doesnt always happens. Most of the times you are just fine.
Get UPS for your pc 😂
@@elbertlim2872ah yes everyone can afford/ask their parents to get an ups…
Imagine your updating during a storm and the power goes out? Rip PC 💀
Don’t update during a storm then, wouldn’t take my chances. Or could also happen any other way but chances a slim.
@@mexicanomortalWhat if you are forced to update?
@@ThemeRBLX most of the time you aren’t forced to update. I’m fact, that has never happened to me.
Bros fr right now :skull:
@@mexicanomortalor you could could just be living somewhere where power can go out in any weather unannounced. (Like us in Pakistan)
I will now have anxiety till the end of my life when my PC updates because the power could turn of for no reason
This explains why this happened to me a while ago .Nothing worked , not even file explorer . I was forced to install a brand new installation of windows and lost everything . Now I know what was the reason to my suffering and I thank you 😂😂
This kind of corruption can only happen if you interrupt a MAJOR update. At most situations, Windows will go back to its previous state.
P.S: World War 3 in the comments + 1k likes.
my commentary: OMG MOM IM- sike, not gonna be unoriginal doodoohead, instead, get FORTNITE BALLS, UP IN YO FACE
No, This kind of corruption is because when he unplugged the computer it was only at the 30% mark (OF THE UPDATE cuz people assuming it's the battery, anways) so it lost ALOT of files since it deleted all the files to replace it with the new ones but also at a certain point at 50+ % it has a fail safe but with the new computers at 0% it's a fail safe so this isn't going to be an issue anymore.
Also
I'm just assuming that computer is old
Edit: here's in latin's terms
Old computers
Need 50+% for the fail safe
While new computers have an automatic fail safe
All I needed to say really.
@@lancedailygaming2821 in English, please?
@@KatherynneF basically it happend because he didnt charge his computer and this shouldnt happen on new computers
@@J-EO171 It's not because he didn't charge his computer. The 30% means the progress of the update.
Oh so that is what happened to my laptop.
I remember shutting down my Vista laptop while updating and anything happened at all. It just returned to the state before the update
It could have been still drawing power from the battery. Maybe
@@burgermanjoe This will never happen on Vista or Win7. I'm still using win7 cause of this and many more reasons...
@@burgermanjoeyou can cut the power on windows 7 anytime it does this and it will never get corrupted, it will just keep prompting you to these updates which can easily be disabled as well
@@lou5368 nice thing to know. Im not an avid windows 7 user so idk much about it
@@lou5368 I had a PC on Windows 7 back in October 2016 that got stuck on one specific update and it wouldn't go anywhere. The HDD indicator wasn't doing anything so it was confirmed stuck. Unplugged it and plugged back in and it worked fine.
Now do it again while windows update bar is at 99%
Bro that's just evil
99 prevent probably wouldn’t cause an issues. It already finished it’s just doing some cleanup deleting the old version ect
@@JacobLeeson-zk1ol but what if the old version isnt deleted? 🤔
@@frenzygaming1nothing should happen because I assume the new one takes priority. You can have old updates on your computer without issues.
That's why it is crucial to have a UPS on a desktop system or a fully charged battery on a laptop.
This is windows sating like, those companies who use 100.000 windows machine as a server should just eat dirt and use your free time to reinstall windows and reconfigure everything on 100.000 devices from scratch, just for fun
"please dont try one this at home"
we can try two
actually i did that many times, never had any problems with my laptop afterwards? what am i missing?
@@neampojma8676it's usually safe however during the update it will update some important files that probably are abt 5% of the update and if you shut down during that your computer will break
@@neampojma8676 I'm not exactly sure but maybe the update wasn't that necessary so it didn't effect many files so it was able to re gain all of them or laptops have some way to not lose everything again im not sure tho
"In a state of limbo" he says with the Limbo desktop shortcut visible in the previous shot
exactly ! i was looking for this comment 🤣
Limbo level music from Geometry Dash starts playing :
The computer is in a state of limbo. Geometry Dash limbo song starts playing:
Limbo the game chilling in the desktop :
Laptop: hi, i survive in no power outage
Low battery: "GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS!"
RIPS and CHARGEMENTS!
No internet:
Low battery:
Laptop users: I don't have such weaknesses.
Yeah! I mean... As long as the battery is charged AND it's operating normally, like you bought it yesterday .
I remember I lost power during an update once. Brings back memories
*trauma
Please store everything on a cloud lol
@@Christopher-jp5zo ik what u mean but it sounds like ur tryna put a thing named everything on a literal cloud
A few years ago this happened to me on Windows 10. I thought the laptop was on charge but it wasn't, leaving it to run out during an update. Came back to the Windows startup screen with the text "undoing changes". Worked fine until I dropped the laptop and the HDD slowly died about a month later.
maybe its because you dropped the laptop?
@@Miliradian they mean the undoing updates bit :P
the hdd obviously died bc it was dropped
@@Miliradian It ran out of battery, HDD failure happened a month later
Near Fear Unlocked: Running out of battery when you're doing a windows update
I'm getting stressed just watching this 😂. I need a holiday dude
"Don't do this at home"
Power grid: im gonna go to another place, cya. *power goes out
Ah yes, this topic is relevant to most of us and you finally address this (not that I'm complaining). My wife's laptop had a similiar issue where the screen goes black with only a single box present when booted, no idea why. After force booting it using the power button and re booting it goes into windows normally, but when restarting it displays windows update message 😂
If this ever happens to you and Windows has some very corrupted files you actually don't need to reinstall Windows you can just boot from secure mode and restore all corrupted files from CMD with a special command and it saves so much time and Windows is gonna back as usual.
Genius u cant open ur pc so how u are going to open safe mode
@@iconexkingdom2737 Genius there's a thing called recovery mode.
I remember this happening by accident. The computer wouldn't stop blue screening (right after completing the install). I had to do something with some registry key, I googled it looking for "dumb lock" because I swear it was named something like that. It was almost like if you fail installing windows, it locks you out, and you need to reset this option. Maybe it was the certain cracked verification code I put in that caused it.
As a laptop user in an electricity outage,I see this as an absoluete win.
Ikr
But my battery goes very fast, so not a W😅
@@WorldofOpshoraAt least we keep our data
Now im forever afraud of updating windows
@@aronhalaoui3188Don't worry, Your computer will only break if it's updating files like bootmgr.exe, ntoskrnl.exe or something like that.
If windows was updating a certain part
Then that part would completely stop working and would crash immediately.
So the chances are like 1 in thousands but it could be a risk.
Windows 10 users when they accidentally start upgrading to windows 11:
I believe thats a skill issue yea
my windows 11 ass is just now broken lol, microsoft store doesnt open and wsreset also doesnt work, ig i should do a data reset
My computer upgraded itself to Windows 11 on its own 💀
It didn't just downloaded 11, it literally upgraded itself without any permission
@@who316 Least invasive Microsoft practice
@@hundarrdude i had the same problem in the past but upgrading to windows 11 fixed the issue
We are trying this in school with this one 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
song name in background: "broken" its image used for the song is a Skelton in fetal position
This doesn't happen often, and heavily depends on the TYPE of update that was being installed. Most of the time, for non-system updates, the roll back to known good drivers works just fine and your computer comes back. One thing I always tell people who ask for assistance with their computer (aside from clients at work who actually have all their updates managed by the company I work for) is that they need to turn off automatic updates and just sent a reminder once per month to check for updates on a clear weather day.
Source of my knowledge: 4 years working for a couple of MSPs, 8 years working with desktops and servers in general.
Most updates, anywhere from 60 to 80% of available updates at any time, are non-system updates and do not access Windows system files. If the computer is shut off during a non-system update, there is little to no harm done, and typically the worst is you're going to have to install your audio or most recent video drivers again.
When it comes to system updates, this can happen, but it's not likely. Typically, this only happens due to a large amount of fragmentation or existing corruption on the disk. SSDs are commonly thought to be non-fragmentable, but they can and are fragmented the same as HDDs. As a good rule of thumb, defrag your drives once a month. You can also run sfc /scannow to check for any corruption in the system files, and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth to check the computer image for any corruption. For those who may not know how to defrag disks, run chkdsk /f and tell it "y" and then reboot.
Commands to copy:
sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
chkdsk /f
Edit: I realized I forgot to include where to run these commands for anyone who is not familiar with running computer commands - do a Windows search (search bar bottom left corner of your screen) and search for "cmd" and click "Command Prompt". If you have admin rights, make sure to right-click and select "Run as Admin", tell it Yes, and then type in the commands above.
Or if you live in a country with underground power cables theres much less risk
This once happened to me during a BIOS update. My laptop was on low charge and there was a powercut that lasted pretty long. My laptop ran out of charge midway. After the power was back on, I switched on the charger and switched on the laptop. It continued the update normally and still works to this day 👍
What! Windows update still make pc bootable but bios. When I tried on mine my pc and power went out. The computer could not even show a thing.
Most modern motherboards have two chips for the firmware. One is a backup chip in case something goes wrong during an update. That’s probably what saved you.
I once did that because my computer was taking a long time to move the percentage. It was at 1% complete for like an hour. It didn't ruin anything when I did it
Did this in the middle of a 20 page essay, best decision of my life.
How though????
this has been fixed in the recent updates ig, it will resume the update even though we turn off the pc in the middle of the update.
yes sure.
theres no magic fixes like this comment says
"dont try this at home" *tries at supermarket*
If an Arch Linux user had a power cut during an update, they would just manually fix the corrupted files with their 17 year old laptop with the casing removed and 50m Ethernet cable
it's called a thinkpad, honey
Not necessary because no files are overwritten. Files are downloaded and then copied or simlinked into place.
A failed update will just redownload, or recopy the files. I rare cases where it fails during a kernel update you may have to choose an older version to boot but unless you actively try to break it you will almost never have to reset your Linux computer.
@@dadudeme you must be a good sysadmin
I use arch btw
It happened to me multiple times. I connected my charger but forgot to turn on the power switch and I was in TTY mode. You can imagine how oblivious I was. I innocently started a full system upgrade and right when it went to installing the Kernel, the laptop died. Fortunately, no harm was done. I booted it again with power supply and ran the upgrade again and no files seemed corrupt.
The point is that it's not always unsafe to unplug it during an update, but that you can't know when it's safe to do so, so might as well just avoid it entirely. The update process usually has checkpoints that can be jumped to if the current state is corrupted, but you might be screwed if you power it off before the first checkpoint was created
Bruh that limbo reference and limbo game sitting on your desktop 😂
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FOCUS
ITS BLUE! ITS BLUE!!!!
I BEAT IT!
@@Neoneedx "Realizes he picked the wrong key"
FOCUS
The pc is on a state of limbo
says the man who installed limbo on his pc
Limbo level music from Geometry Dash starts playing :
Please dont try this at home
Me at the jungle:
Imagine this happens while doing a bios update
💀
I had this happen to me once. I was working IT for a college and running some updates on a computer that was almost ready to go back out. I asked one of my coworkers to finish up with it while I got lunch. "I'm just finishing up some updates, then you can take it back to the user." Turns out he misheard me and thought it was already done updating, so he unplugged it while the bios update was still going. Thankfully the hard drive was fine so i was able to just swap the machine out with no issues, but it took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out how such a simple repair ended up with a completely unresponsive pc. Unfortunately we didn't have the equipment or skills to flash a new bios onto it so that motherboard had to be recycled.
@@un7n0wing85 that sounds like a nightmare of a coworker. Ganking out the power plug withychecking if the pc runs is a red flag for me
Re-flashing the bios could be tricky, even with the tools needed. Could've cost more than a new mobo
At least the data was kept safe
Your PC is basically dead, you can flash manually the BIOS rom but that hard on PC and impossible on Laptop
You can still recover your files by removing the SSD/HDD but say goodbye to the PC
and this is why you have a seperate drive for your important stuff
How come ?
@@moonlight_drive Obviously if your main drive loses data your second one will still be fine. Maybe grow some brain cells.
laptop: I AM IMMORTAL!!!
Reminds me when I was updating my dad's MacBook and it was taking too long so 12 y/o me decided it'd be smart to force shut it down and then turn it on again. Well from there onwards it was just a few rounds to some Mac repairers
Bro is so underrated that my life literally depends on this dudes videos
" a state of limbo"
keys shuffles
Limbo level music from Geometry Dash intensifies :
The fear of Force update in the thunder😂
Windows has stuff to prevent the corruption of files in this case through undoing any changes made in the update. Shutting down during an update will not corrupt your files, it will just stop the update.
Yep, it's called CBS. It's literally designed to at least assure you can get into your OS to fix things. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this guy did this several dozen times to get the corruption results for his video.
This is not true. Just happened to my windows server. It deleted all my files and corrupted the OS. 😊
@@StAnLiXoNfIrE Yea, that's not how it works mate. It definitely cannot delete your files, considering all it does is alter the system files. All other files in the hard drive, or any other hard drives remain untouched, even in the case that the operating system files do get corrupted.
@@StAnLiXoNfIrE Do you actually think that a multi billion dollar company would leave this large of a vulnerability in their operating systems? The probability that your files get corrupted is so negligible that its almost impossible, that depends on the update though.
@@desiredev6783 you just said it yourself. The probability is negligible but not 0. Also, you can check it by yourself how this multi billion company gives 0 fucks by just checking their microsoft community forum. Stop saying this is "not possible because they are rich" thats a dumb argument.
Thank you for adding one more anxiety to my life
AS LONG AS YOU ARE USING STUPID DELL
basically windows update failing is a lottery. you can end up with the weirdest issues ever or have a totally working os.
Now while updating the bios 💀
th-cam.com/users/shortsOh8rn0lBVPg?si=51Z12dVKH9ZAT1nF
Thiojoe did that
After that this can easily tell your motherboard's state
When it's gone it's gon-
POV: u found a windows 10 creepypasta
Imagine updating windows and your home start to blackout.
Use UPS, buddy.
South Africa 🇿🇦 in a nutshell
@@KAK_PANare yall gonna shut up with ur ups
@@SOTP. A standar UPS give you some 15 minutes for saving anything to your computer at least.
Yeah this once happened to me, had to reinstall windows
Worst part is it wasn't even my fault 😭
Worst fear is the power going out during an update
Laptop users: i dont have such weaknesses
@@Lumbago-box my laptop has no battery installed man i dont feel too good
Good thing about laptops (though you should charge them before)
@@boomiyt you in particular: I have such weaknesses
@@Lumbago-box me who has a corrupted battery and laptops shuts off when the laptop charger plugged out:
All students and teachers closing Computer from it's switch lmao
What sucks the most is when it gets stuck at 100% but still says don’t turn off
That happened before, I ignored it. Had no restore points, so I had to set it up again
I always do restore points before doing any update and then I delete that restore point@@Erratanimates77
Biggest fear is updating the PC and then power goes out
even more so when the power goes out at 99% complete
Reminder to always backup your files in case something like this happens, it'll save you so much grief
Yeah to an external hardrive
I can't really back up 3T data 😅
@@Barni2212 Then it must be 3T worth losing lol
Bro holding that psu while plugged in has more faith in his electricity infestructure than i have in god.
"Windows is in the state of limbo"
*Limbo music from geometry dash starts playing*
FOCUS
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Him : "Don't try this at home"
*Me trying this at school* 💀
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are you really stealing the top comment
On a similar note, I broke this Bluetooth sensor last year because I left the room with my phone while the software was being updated.
I definitely won't make that mistake again
It really depends on where you turn it off. I would even say that you were especially unlucky, since it recovers fine most of the time.
Microsoft: making UPS companies rich since 2015
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