Does a unexpected shutdown cause file corruption?

[Braiboo99]

I had a bit of a issue earlier, I switched one of the USB ports for my mouse Matt's and whenever I shutdown my PC and booted it back up windows failed to fast startup and event viewer was showing that I had an unexpected shutdown. This issue has been resolved as I later found out that the USB port I switched to may have been part of a boot order that was causing the issue.

I noticed that I'm still missing 1GB from my second hard drive (not windows drive) but I'm hoping this is because there's an update for a game I was not aware of. My question is was it an unexpected shutdown or was event viewer only saying it was but it actually wasn't and if it was would this have caused any file corruption?

[_I_]

depends
files being written will be corrupted
run chkdsk /f to fix those open files

check bios boot order, and remove usb/lan/odd and other drives from the boot order
you can always manually pick them on startup if needed

[_I_]

the file being read will not be damaged, but the players config files may be corrupted

same with other os files, windows does so much junk in the background all of the time

[Braiboo99]

Originally posted by _I_:

the file being read will not be damaged, but the players config files may be corrupted

same with other os files, windows does so much junk in the background all of the time

Will my game files get corrupted or is it worth reinstalling them to be safe, and will any monitoring software get corrupted as well?

[Crawl]

They aren't going to "get" corrupted, either they were during the shutdown or they weren't. If you are concerned you can verify file integrity under the properties of the installed game. There is no reason to reinstall the games.

[_I_]

the game/program installs should be ok
use steam to verity game cache

saves/configs maybe

again, use chkdsk /f
will fix any open/corrupt files so the drive reports free space correctly
it will not fix data in the files if that is corrupt

[udidwht]

Run in a command prompt with admin rights....

Go through each of the following steps one at a time. Copy each line, one at a time , paste it into the Dos window (crtl + V) and press return

and it will then run. Wait until each runs and finishes before you move on to the next one.

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /checkhealth

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /scanhealth

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth

sfc /scannow

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

When you are completely finished,

RESTART your computer as the last step.

[plat]

Yes, general corruption of the system can be an underlying cause. Windows runs maintenance if your PC is idle but this gets fractured so you can also run Maintenance manually--it can take anywhere from 5 min to over an hour depending on what's needed. Sometimes it can go to 99-100% cpu if it's running certain tasks but it gets the job done.

Control Panel/Security and Maintenance/Maintenance arrow/Start maintenance

I run this once a week or so and then verify with the sfc command. It's not a guarantee nothing goes wrong but it's good housekeeping.