Protecting your computer from power outages
Its that time of year again. There are many summer storms coming and with them come power outages. While this is an inconvenience it usually comes with very little consequences. You may have had a power outage and never had an issue with your computer following the outages. But power outage effects linger in computers long after you have forgotten about the storm. Here are 4 things about power outages you need to know. 1. They happen more often than you think While its hard to determine how often outages happen the electric companies are telling us they are happening more and more often. Power outages can happen during storms and due to other interruptions such as construction or auto accidents. The key is that there will be an outage in your area soon. 2. Turning the power back on is the problem Outages don't hurt computers or electronics. Its the turning back on that does. When the power comes back on it tends to "surge" and if it surges to much your computers in...