Which System Power States are More Vulnerable in Storms and Power Outages

[TechnicGeek]

Hello,

 

Was wondering which power states (S1, S2, S3, S4,) are more vulnerable to power outages in terms of data corruption, data loss and component damage.

 

And same question but about thunderstorms and lightning. I read that during thunderstorms with lightning it is best to keep computer shut down but still wonder if there is a "safe" power state that is less vulnerable to such weather.

 

I often have my computer in standby and with coming winter with rains and thunderstorms I think I shoukd adjust it to more "safe" power state.

 

Thanks.

[Ankerson]

With the solid state drives these days I really wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

If you know a storm is coming, a bad one, then just shut the PC down completely would be the safest thing to do.

[OrlyP]

Having a UPS and/or surge protection can protect your computer up to a certain extent. Although, I would still shut down and unplug it if it's going to be a nasty lightning storm.

 

Forget data corruption, near lighting strikes can destroy your hardware.

[akio123008]

The only actual safe state in that sense is "unplugged".

 

In terms of data loss, it's actually fairly common for data to remain intact after even complete destruction of the rest of the computer.

In order to recover it, you'd likely need specialised equipment, aka send it to a specialist, but it can be done.

 

7 hours ago, Ankerson said:

With the solid state drives these days I really wouldn't worry too much about it.

With solid state storage, the data is more likely to be gone than with hard drives.