I turned my PC on and it said something like Disk Read Error and it was all black and wouldn't turn on so I had to restart it.
Should I be afraid or is it just a blip?
Don't know shit about computers.
Install Gentoo.
>>60036454
/g/ is not tech support. HDD in pooper, post pics.
>>60036454
Backup your machine. Now.
Then, check your disk's SMART status, run chkdsk, etc
>Disk Read Error
sleep well little anger
>>60036454
Boot the machine from a rescue OS (Hirens etc) and copy all important shit somewhere, the disk isn't going to live long.
Did you try turning it off and back on again?
>>60036454
Probably just cosmic radiation flipping a bit. No need for backups, carry on as usual.
Reboot computer 100 times to determine failure rate % baseline. Post results.