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[John Sellers]

Originally Posted by tw

That defective existed in obsolete technology DOS and Windows based systems. That defect was one of so many eliminated when NT made Windows 95 obsolete in the early 1990s.

Any data corruption or hardware damage from an unexpected blackout implies defective and totally improperly designed hardware.

Many assume unexpected power loss can damage a disk drive or its data. When does a disk drive first learn about power loss? When 5 or 12 volts start dropping to zero. All disk drives see a normal shutdown or unexpected township wide power loss as same. Data loss only occurred with and because of an obsolete file systems such as FAT.

Rly? It's always a good idea to let Windows go thru the shutdown process B4 switching off the PC, even in Windows 10, so it can properly close all programs running in the background, and stop the HDD. Beginning with Windows XP, Microsoft included the option to have Windows start the shutdown process simply by pressing your PC's power button.

[xoxoxoBruce]

No power button, click on shut down and let it do it's thing. When it shuts down the magic strip kills power to the peripherals.

[John Sellers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No power button, click on shut down and let it do it's thing. When it shuts down the magic strip kills power to the peripherals.

So, lemme get this right. You click "Shutdown", your PC shuts down Windows and turns off the PC, which also shuts off your peripherals, which seem to be electrically powered, not PC powered. I've never seen a power strip that does that. The only way to turn off all my peripherals at once is to press the master switch on my power center, except for my desktop speakers, which are fully PC powered.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You are correct, this one came from Staples, but I understand there are others out these. It's a wonderful convenience.
I also bought a bunch of 8" long extension cords so all those funny shaped voltage converters and shit could plug into one strip.

[tw]

Originally Posted by John Sellers

You click "Shutdown", your PC shuts down Windows and turns off the PC, which also shuts off your peripherals, which seem to be electrically powered, not PC powered. I've never seen a power strip that does that.

Just saw one in Walmart on clearance sale for $34.