The invention provides a computer fault management system based on an expert system method, which comprises a data acquisition unit (1), a fault event generation module (2), a fault diagnosis engine (3), a knowledge base (4), a knowledge acquisition module (5), a fault isolation module (6), a fault recovery module (7), a fault early-warning module (8), a log service module (9), a fault management registration module (10) and a human-computer interaction interface (11); and a system administrator monitors and manages the data acquisition unit (1), the fault event generation module (2), the fault diagnosis engine (3), the knowledge base (4), the fault isolation module (5), the fault recovery module (6), the fault early-warning module (7) and the log service module (8) through the human-computer interaction interface (11), and accesses an intelligent editor provided by the knowledge acquisition module (5) through the human-computer interaction interface (11).