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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
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But it wasn't just your normal ctd... the pc would switch right off.
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The second time this happened the laptop just died and had to have a complete reinstall. ...
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EDIT: I'm going to start editing my post like a teacher might have done once upon a time!
Going from DOS to Windows 95, most computer-illiterate people would just turn off the computer...
This led to many corrupted/hosed/fragged/dead (pick any one you want ladies and gentleman, we got penty of terms!) Win95 installs...
As no one was allowing the system to write the last of the data to the hard drive before shutting down.
Same thing can occur when the system unexpectedly loses power.
Either do to power outage, power supply getting switched off, or most likely in your case, overheating.
EDIT: "Either" implies one (1) of two (2) items, not one (1) of three (3)!
If it happens enough the drive's data can get corrupted. Can also, on some older drives lead to the read/write head contacting the disk surface causing physical damage
(although I haven't heard of this in years).
Most likely what occured in your case
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EDIT: REDUNDANT
I knew someone that had a laptop that was capable of running a few really good games.
But the manufacturer made (a) massive mistake(s) in the design of the case when it came to cooling.
As a result, he couldn't play them for very long if it wasn't freezing outside!
Barracuda
EDIT: B-