Hard disk data recovery how to prevent your computer from overheating

Computer overheating is usually the sign for virus or other computer issues. Therefore, keep your computer work in appropriate temperature is very important.

Which Components in computer generate heat?

The CPU, short for Central Processing Unit generates heat when it carries out algorithms. The GPU, short for Graphics processing Unit. The game requires GPU to carry out complicated calculations. So the GPU usually generates more heat than CPU. When you are copying a large amount of files or insert a disk into your computer, it will generate a large amount of heat.

Overheating of computer will damage your hardware and shorten its life, which may cause the possible data loss. And it will affect the performance of your computer so that your computer will run very slow.

You can check the BIOS system to monitor the temperature.

First, Reboot your computer, press a key to enter thee BIOS system on the boot screen. Find the BIOS menu and then find the menu to deal with the hardware monitors and CPU. Then you can see the listed CPU temperature.

Second, you can use system monitoring tools to monitor the temperature. The programs like HWMonitor is free which displays the detailed temperature of PC parts and min and max value of each temperature. And also the voltage.

How to prevent the computer from overheating?

1. Clean the dust in computer

The accumulated dust in computer cases will affect the ventilation, heat radiation, and also bad connection.

Before you start to clean your computer, you should turned off computer and unplug the power cable.

2. Ensure a good ventilation.

Ensure the the computer can ventilate itself. If the fan in working but the temperature is still high, the fan may have dead, you can fix it or replace a new one.

3. Ensure the heat sink is seated correctly

If the heat sink is incorrectly seated, or the thermal paste is missing, the CPU may be overheating. You should reseat the heat sink or change a new thermal paste.

4. Check the room temperature

If the room temperature is too high, the computer may be overheating. Therefore, the computer should avoid from direct sunlight and too high temperature.

How to recover files on hard drive?

If you have emptied the recycle bin and have no backup, you have to use the data recovery software to retrieve your lost files.