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Why is my PC trying to restart itself and can't?
For the last few mornings, my work PC (a networked Dell Optiplex 745, Windows Pro 7), which I leave on every night, has been misbehaving. I’m not sure what is going on, but it seems to be restarting itself then having a problem. Now when I arrive it has a black screen with the words
Drive 4 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-4
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
When I hit F1, I get this msg for 2-3 minutes:
Preparing to configure Windows
Do not turn off your computer
When its done, I have to log in again and it works fine.
How do I find out what has happened? I’m guessing its restarting on its own, then having trouble finding this Drive 4. Is it trying to update Windows? Virus?
I haven’t adjusted any settings before this started happening, but yesterday I tried turning off Automatically restart (Control Panel / System / System Protection / Advanced tab / Startup and Recovery / Settings / System failure: Automatically restart). This didn’t help, it still appears to be restarting. I reset it back to the default On.
Helpful advice appreciated..