Computer Restarting Randomly

Verdipro

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Jul 11, 2016
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I have a computer that is 3 years old & recently it started restarting randomly, but never once has happened while I am sitting at the computer. Initially I would think it may have been an overnight Windows 10 update, but when the computer is back on it does not always mention a Windows 10 update.

Additionally the only reason I really know it has been restarting is because if I have any open (typically Google Chrome) all my sites that I was looking at are no longer on the screen. And some of my start up applications show up as if I just restarted.

If I post a hardware monitor log, will that help determine the issue? Or could it be a variety of issues?

*On a side note, I wrote this & then did not click submit. Walked away from my computer for 30 minutes & when I got back my computer restarted. When I restored my open chrome pages this post after hitting back a few times was still typed up. So I am not sure if that means my computer is doing a full restart or not.

And lastly I am not sure if it always happens when I have acronis 2017 running, but I know my last 2 acronis backups did not finish because it restarted while it was running.
 
Solution
Did you already check the energy settings? Set pc to max performance and maybe under advanced the hdd/ssd to never put it to sleep.