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Acer Desktop Turns Itself Off For No Reason

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My Pc has started to turn itself off for no reason. If I am using my PC it is fine, but within 5 minutes or so of being idle with or without any programs running it will turn itself off and re-boot. I have “googled” this problem but so far have not found a solution. Will reformatting “C” drive cure this problem and if so how do I do it? Please don’t get too technical as I am not an expert. Thanks in anticipation of any replies in advance

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  1. This is not likely a network driver issue…

    I have seen the effect as you describe immediately above a few times…

    http://www.velocityreviews.com/foru…

    details one thing to check – via msconfig

    and

    http://windowsxp.mvps.org/safeboot.htm

    is another to same end; possibly a litle clearer?

    I do have a wee supsicion too about the hard-drive.. And that has been touted elsewhere (including first ref. immediately above) as being a possible… (HD starting to go down…)

    Bearing mind the ealier problems… I wouldn’t rule it out…

    and this reference covers as above – but with a wee bit more…

    http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.co…

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