When there is a software or hardware issue on your Mac computer, the system will restart or shut down the machine unexpectedly. You may see an error message saying Your computer was restarted because of a problem or You shut down your computer because of a problem after your Mac starts up again. At times, the issue may be even worse like the message of your computer restarted because of a problem loops and you can’t normally restart your Mac. This is also known as kernel panic on Mac.
All in all, the error messages of this issue are various, including:
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up.
Your computer was restarted because of a problem.
You shut down your computer because of a problem.
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How to Fix Your Computer Restarted Because of a Problem?
Restart your Mac
Upgrade macOS
Restart your Mac in Safe Mode
Uninstall plug-ins or enhancement software not from Apple
Disconnect all devices except for an Apple keyboard and mouse
Use Apple Diagnostics to diagnose internal hardware issues
Repair Disk Permissions
Free up disk space
Disable unnecessary startup items
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Run First Aid
Reinstall macOS
On July 1, 2011, Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to the public. In this mac OS version, Apple has introduced a recovery partition that contains the utilities generally found on the OS X discs.
Mac Recovery Mode relies on the Recovery partition on Mac. The Recovery partition is a magical existence. Even you wipe or start your Mac computer again from scratch, the Recovery partition can still be there for you to solve some serious issues like macOS could not be installed on your computer, MacBook boot into a black screen, Mac won’t boot past the Apple logo, and so on.
You can boot your Mac into Recovery Mode and then solve the issue by restoring from an available Time Machine backup, reinstalling macOS, fixing the startup disk via Disk Utility, or get help from Apple’s support.
To be specific, there are four universal options in Mac Recovery Mode:
Restore From Time Machine Backup: if you have backed up your Mac computer using Time Machine to an external hard drive, you can use this option to restore your Mac from the backup. You need to connect the backup drive to your Mac in advance.
Reinstall macOS: this feature allows you to reinstall your macOS when the system encounters issues and can’t boot.
Get Help Online: when your Mac computer is unbootable, you can click it to open Apple’s support page using Safari and look for the solutions to your issue. However, in this mode, some browser features are not available.
Disk Utility: if there is something wrong with the startup disk on your Mac, you can use this option to access Disk Utility and then use it to repair the startup disk. Of course, you can also use this feature to fix other connected drives.
Before you make your Mac access Recovery Mode, you need to make sure that the machine is shut down completely. Then, you can follow these steps to boot into Recovery Mode:
Press the Power button and immediately press Command-R.
You release the keys when you see the Apple logo (the login screen).
When you install a new program on your computer, it will be installed to a default installation location. This folder is usually in drive C. If you are using a 32-bit Windows 10, that default installation location should be C:\Program Files(x86). If it is a 64-bit Windows 10, that folder should be C:\Program Files.
As time goes by, more and more programs will be installed on drive C your C drive may run out of space. If you encounter this issue, you can take some measures to free up disk space. On the other hand, you can change the default installation location on Windows 10 to avoid this situation.
In this article, we will show you two methods to change the install drive on Windows 10. You can just select the method you want to use to solve your issue.
How to Change Default Installation Location on Windows 10?
Use Registry Editor to Change Default Install Drive on Windows 10
Use Settings to Change Default Install Drive on Windows 10
There are no fixed disks to show is an error message you may receive when you use diskpart in Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 7. This always happens when the hard drive is not recognized leading to computer unbootable. But, you can still boot your computer from a Windows installation medium.
Reasons for There Are No Fixed Disks to Show
We collect some causes of this diskpart there are no fixed disks to show error that can help you better understand this question.
The hard drive is connected to your computer improperly: this is the most common reason for diskpart no fixed disks to show. When there is something wrong with the SATA or ATI data cable, or they are not connected to your computer properly, this error can occur.
The VMware driver is missing: if a NAT is crashed when you are using a VMware virtual machine, this issue is likely to happen because of a kernel panic.
The BCD data is corrupted: some users have reported that the list disk there are no fixed disks to show issue is caused by the corruption of some system files.
Initialization error: an initialization error is also a top reason for diskpart no fixed disks to show. You will need to use Windows Automatic Repair to fix this issue.
Now, you know the causes of diskpart there are no fixed disks to show. Then, it’s time to solve this issue. In the following contents, we will show you some solutions that are proved to be effective.
