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If all you want to do is test the drive to make sure it's ok plug it into your uncle's as a secondary drive and run some benchmarks on it, Passmark will test performance and CrystalDiskInfo will check for errors.
I would suggest running diagnostics before spending money on anything.
For RAM: https://www.memtest86.com/ For storage (HDD): https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
If you are lucky, you will get some errors/warnings on one of those. However, it is possible for diagnostics to miss an error in your hardware. So if the memory test comes up clean, that does not necessarily mean the RAM is not the issue.
Use crystal disk info to see what your smart info says. https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html That will give you an idea if your disk thinks its failing or not. Most likely your just having video driver problems. Halo online has lots of bugs with new graphics drivers.
After what Sako549 mentioned please its a good idea to check hard drive health, I would first recommend running CrystalDiskINfo, this can diagnose the internal health of the drive, also make a note of what is its drive temperature, health and Power on hours.
Then check for file integrity with chkdsk /f c:, and that might take a while so use when the scale is not needed.
With these two tools you can gather a general view of the health of a hard drive, which is the mostly likely part of a system to fail over time other things considered.
CrystialDiskInfo reads the info the HDD is giving out. You can also use Checkdisk from Command Prompt.
I'd say its time to pitch the PSU. You cannot easily check its power quality and the components inside it all have their own lifespan.
You can check the drive health from its SMART info using software such as Crystal Disk Info
Either one of these should be fine for quality and will use a modern design platform inside.
Best to copy off the important data first.
Testing software does strain the drive.....
software to get, it's free is crystal....
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Looks like some DirectX files and Steam files have gone missing. I would check the HDD using CrystalDiskInfo. Check if it's health is reported as "Good". If the HDD seems fine, right click on each of the games and select Properties → Local Files tab → Verify Integrity of Game Files. After it has been verified it will reinstall DirectX which hopefully fixes the issue.
The Deus Ex error could be caused by Windows 10 replacing your GPU driver with one that's not very good. Go to Nvidia's website, use the automatic tool to find drivers and install a fresh version.
Might be worth downloading Crystal Disk Info to check the S.M.A.R.T status of your disks, also make sure the one you're installing to isn't full or anything like that.
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Write error could just be Uplay, but worth checking anyway.
Where's your game stored at on your computer? Download crystaldiskinfo and run it. If you get a caution status on any of your drives I would suspect a failing drive.
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Just an idea. It sounds like the game is corrupting.
I'd start by copying any important data off of your computer before it gets any worse.
Your drive may be dying. Run CrystalDiskInfo. If it reports anything other than Good, then it's time to get a new drive.
You can check out your hard drive using the program below. Is is possible your computer downloaded/installed the recent Fall Creators Update? If so, that would slow things down, and it may or may not settle down. You could always use the windows media creation tool to do a complete clean install of windows, making sure to delete all partitions (directions below).
Hard drive: https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Clean Install: https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/
Crystal Disk information. It commonly asked for on this subreddit. It shows disk health; how many hours on; how many boots; how much data written.
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Ok, the crash dump you sent indicates that in that particular instance, there appeared to be a disk related I/O error that resulted in the crash happening.
Because of this, I'd recommend you do both the following to check on the health of your Windows drive:
- Run CrystalDiskInfo or similar software to view the drive's S.M.A.R.T. data
- Use Window's built-in error checking to scan the drive
If either of these indicate that there are issues with the drive, then that would likely explain the wide variety of crashing and other issues that you are experiencing.
That said, I have a fair amount of experience looking over crash dumps, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were happening due to one or more of the many outdated drivers you are running.
Typically I don't like to see any drivers running that pre-date Windows 10, except for a few that are widely used and that I haven't seen cause problems for others in the past.
You system on the other hand is running twelve drivers that pre-date Win10... in addition to a few others have are out-of-date, even though they were originally released as Win10 drivers.
Again though, the crash dump indicated a disk problem, so first check on that. If it appears to be healthy, then I can provide advice regarding your drivers.
Yeah your PC might be dying.
Download and run Crystal Disk info
IF you get a caution or bad, you are in serious trouble. You need to backup asap, and buy a new drive. A damaged drive can make noises and become very slow, and it will corrupt data and software.
Also make sure you run Chkdsk on any drives you have (ie HDD or SSDs)
You may be dealing with a bad area on the drive. Do you know how to check the s.m.a.r.t. info for it? Crystal Disk info is a tool for looking at those:
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
If you see errors in the statistics recorded by smart, the drive may have real issues.
Download Windows Process Explorer, go to options and do like in this picture. Check if there is any malicious process running (or post some pictures if you can.)
PS:you will get a warning when you enable virustotal, please click accept).
Also, post a picture of Crystal Disk Info.
Before you take it anywhere do a clean install of windows.
If you are still having issues there are a few things you can do.
New thermal paste on CPU + GPU if your laptop has one, and clean the fans out while you have it open.
Check your hard drive health with something like CrystalDiskInfo, https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Run memtest https://www.memtest86.com/
Try Show Hidden files and Folders
You should know that is bad sign and it could mean you drive is dying. You will need to download something like Crystal Disk Standard and check its health.
>Any thoughts on lifespan, how to fix it, etc, PLEASE, share. It has only 10GB left
NTFS should not have complete break at this level, but I tend to recommend never filling a FileSystem like this beyond 95%.
>Any thoughts on lifespan, how to fix it, etc,
I do not see any errors that need fixing based in the chkdsk. Do yout have a SMART tool, like CrystalDiskInfo or HDD Guardian
This will monitor the disk for errors beyond the file system.
It is possible that the Files are just corrupted, it happens. Could be caused a number things including faulting memory, probally would not be a bad idea to run a MemTest on your computer if SMART does not report any problems with the disks
Can you run CrystalDiskInfo and post a screenshot?
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Seems like the HDD is about to die, you should backup your important data asap.
What OS are you using, (Win 7/10?) What motherboard and video card do you have? I'll link you to the ideal drivers.
Also, is your hard drive a solid state or a platter based drive? If it's a Platter drive you should run the following utility to check it's smart data.
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Sounds bad to me, probably a couple of bad sectors. Check drive status with CrystalDiskInfo https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
If you're within return window, exchange it. If not, RMA it.
Crystal DiskInfo is the most commonly recommended free utility. It'll let you read raw SMART information instead of just giving you a pass/fail. The .zip download is portable, doesn't require installation. Shizuku and Kurei Kei editions are the same program, but come with a hard drive waifu for when you want your data to be extra moe. Desu, et cetera.
That's your hard drive, dude. Some are loud when they load stuff.
You can download this program to check your hard drive health: https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Run it and check c:
It should tell you up the top if your drive is good or poor.
the easiest way is to just google the make of your harddrive and look for the RPM or read/write speeds.
Or you can use a tool like crystal disk info which will give you the speed and health of your drives.
Ignore the ASUS compatibility stuff, it works just fine. This sounds more like a hardware issue or corruption rather than an issue caused by the Windows Update itself.
Here are some things that I recommend:
- Unplug and replug the SSD
- Connect it to another port
- Restore Bios settings to default/Remove any overclocking
- Make sure you have Intel Rapid Storage Technology set correctly in the BIOS (Should be off in most cases)
- See if another PC or an external enclosure will detect it
- Check the SSD S.M.A.R.T. status
If it is detected in another PC and the S.M.A.R.T. status is good, then it might even be a PSU issue. A good power supply should be the heart of any system.
Un pelo tardi, ma spero di essere di aiuto: a me è successo l'anno scorso, e ho dopo aver fatto ricerche ho scoperto che (almeno nel mio caso) c'era l'HDD danneggiato. Il modo migliore per capirlo è usare un programma tipo questo (https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html) (perdona il link visibile ma sino da mobile e non mi ricordo la formattazione) e vedere se ti segnala qualche errore
This might be tricky to answer as there is not lot of information to go on here.
First I would try a cloud service, like google drive, to upload a few that are not opening on your computer and see if you can view them on google drive. If you have a google account (like g-mail) you already have one.
If they don't then there could be data corruption or another hard drive problem. In that case I would check the S.M.A.R.T flags with something like crystal disk info.
You want to pay attention to the attributes of the "pre-fail" type. Wikipedia has an article that helps explain what the attributes mean and whether a high or low value is good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes
You can also try software like CrystalDiskInfo which simplifies things by telling you if the drive is overall healthy or not and highlighting an attribute when it's showing a problem.
Since you've already tried quite a few things, it might be better to just do a clean W10 install using the media creation tool.
Would you know what type of storage device is on that laptop? You could try running CrystalDiskInfo to make sure the storage device is performing normally and that there aren't any warning signs.
Not being able to open new applications but still being able to use open programs sounds like maybe the disk not working. This is in Windows, right? My replies will be slow but maybe someone else can help too—if you boot in safe mode, maybe even with any antivirus disabled, does it work then? You might also install CrystalDiskInfo from https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html and see what it says.
Crystal Disk Info Is a free app that can quickly check your disk and give you a heads up on when or if its going bad... its a fast reliable way to check it. You dont need to be a computer science major to understand it either.
Quickly check your hard drive health. It'll probably be OK, but it's a quick thing to rule out.
Download and install this little program, and it'll tell you your hard drive is in GOOD health. If it says CAUTION in yellow or BAD in red, then stop right there, your HDD is defective.
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
Once you know that your HDD is OK, then move on to mobo troubleshooting with Asus, like d15cipl suggests.
Or if you feel capable, try updating the BIOS to your mobo, from the Asus website. That could fix the problem... or make it worse!
Have you tried repairing MS Word itself?
There could be other causes of the files being corrupted like a damaged drive. You can run something like Crystal Diskinfo to make sure the drive is healthy.
Finally if none of the above works and you don't use a lot of the more advanced features of Word I would suggest moving your work to the cloud with something like Google Docs and save them there. So even if you hard drive is damaged you will not lose you files. Plus they will be available anywhere you have an internet connection.
Due to the age of the PC I would highly recommend running something like Crystal Disk Info, just to make sure the drive is healthy.
Also run Memtest 86, to make sure the RAM is ok as well.
Well, maybe going back to where I mentioned a clean install, or using DISM to see if that fixes it may be in order at this point.
Also, have you tested the drive? Try using crsytaldisk.
It might not be the cause, but it might be worth checking the hard drive that the games are installed on using CrystalDiskInfo.
I had an issue at one point when my games started freezing every once in awhile and then it began getting more severe the longer I played the game. Turns out the hard drive was going south and the games were freezing while trying to pull assets from it.
Wow thats not a lot.
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000605.htm
follow the top advise, there is a problem somewhere, but windows does not give us information whats it about unless you activated a few settings.
moving windows 10 to an ssd will make the system much faster, but for now we dont know why it simply restarts. im pretty sure you only have an hdd in there, you can check it with this:
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
this tool will list all the drives you have installed in your pc and their "health"
I looked through your posts and you have a fairly powerful pc and it should not be "slow". I recommend running crystaldiskinfo to check on the status of your ssd/hdd.
I have had this problem before and it turned out that my ssd was failing.
Use a S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic tool like CrystalDiskInfo or Hard Disk Sentinel and see whether there are any issues like reallocated or pending (bad) sectors.
If you don't trust the drive, you can always take it apart and keep the magnets. The disks make nice mirrors too if you so desire.
Sounds like it might be a bad hard drive, maybe even a bad RAM stick.. but it sounds more like the HDD since you stated your PC blue screens when trying to update.
Try downloading Crystaldisk (https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
If you have a spare HDD or SSD, try installing on that instead, see if the issues still persist.
Try usinig CrsytalDisk and see if it sees it and what the health of the drive is. Another option is to create a bootable Linux Live USB stick. Once you do that see if you can see the drive. If you can have a spare driver ready to transfer your data.
> Radeon HD 8210
Here is more info for that device:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8210.93728.0.html
Also at game debate
Also run Crystal disk Info to make sure your hard drive is healthy or not.
Its bet if you can get the details of the maximum ram available and see how you can buy it. Your RAM is just not enough and remember you are also sharing it with the integrated graphics chip.
No its not, it could indicate that your drive is bad, which would potentially explain why your old PC died in first place.
You could try downloading this program https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
and just launch it to see "health" status of your drive
Sounds like Windows is checking or looking for something that is either not there, or is not working correctly. I would start with checking the hard drives:
https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
I would try doing a clean install of windows. Once you do this the issue should go away. Check the health of the SSD using this. Although, you could run CrystalDisk before you re-install windows to check the health as well.
if you want to check, you can run a program called CrystalDiskInfo
Can you use your PC? If you can, please disable any overclock you have + run a memory test.
Also, how's your HDD health? Check with CrystalDiskInfo.
Download Windows Process Explorer, go to options and do like in this picture. Check if there is any malicious process running (or post some pictures if you can.)
Also, post a picture after you download and run Crystal Disk Info.
I would first suggest if you have a second PC, disconnecting your HDD or SSD and connecting it to the second PC as secondary drive and see if the drive is ok, run CHKDSK /r as well as CrystalDiskinfo.
And one more thing...
The Northbridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_(computing) is not for cooling.
See if you can use a flat screwdriver to unbend those bent fins.
You'll have to get more RAM since it looks like Rust is eating up all available RAM.
Though you may still be limited by the i5's four threads when it comes to multitasking. Shouldn't be a problem if you're only playing Rust or so I've read.
HDD only affects loading times so if it's tolerable then I wouldn't worry too much about it. You have a 5400RPM drive so it is slower than a standard 7200RPM one. You can run CrystalDiskInfo if you want to see your drive's health but if it's only 6 months old then it should be fine.
Have you had any power outages recently or have you had the PC freeze before?
Also just to clear the hard drive run Crystal disk Info standard, select the disk and post a screenshot of the results.
Well, what do you want to know? If you think it is bad download this and check the health of the drive. Or simply plug it into a PC and see if it can be accessed.
If the laptop was on at the time of drop i would be concerned about damage to the HDD.
But, first, try what /u/Willz12h suggested to get into Windows. Once you get that far install this and run it to check the health of the HDD.
I've had issues with USB 3.0 portable drives not mounting to older systems with USB 2.0 ports.
Why not try installing it directly in your current system? Then check it with CrystalDiskInfo
Could be anything so let's check some things:
Run Event Viewer, go to applications (left side). Filter for Error, critical and warning on the right side. Now look for the last time something crashed and try to find the descriptions. Maybe you can tell something from these logs.
If not, get a quick Smart test of your HDD with CrystalDiskInfo. The condition should be "good".
And you could run sfc /scannow on CMD to repair corrupted system files.
There could be several issues that may cause this. I would try moving RAM to another slot and see what happens. It could be corrupt Windows. It could be the SSD failing, yes they can fail and without warning that mechanical drives sometimes give. If have the ability, take the SSD out of the machine, connect it to another machine and run 9crystaldiskinfo](https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html) on it. Or, try creating a Linux Live USB stick and boot to that. Once you are in see if you can see the drive and test its health.
The tool could be wrong. Try another tool like CrystalDiskInfo and see what that reports. I somehow don't think any modern drive can write that much in a standard configuration.
You can check the SMART info using CrystalDiskInfo to see if it's showing any signs of a failing drive: https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
It's also possible that the drive is just naturally loud. Some drives are pretty loud especially the high performance ones and ones meant for servers.
Yep, WinDirStat is the tool for the job. Also, it's not at all what your looking for, but since your title made me think of it:
CrystalDiskInfo is an amazing tool if you want to check up on the statistics and health of your HDD or SSD, e.g. power on count, hours in operation, data written, bad sectors, etc. It's very useful if you ever suspect that a drive is failing.
You can run a quick SMART test with CrystalDiskInfo or a thorough test with Windows own tool chkdsk. No matter these tests say, I would backup everything.
I don't know what these are, but they don't necessarily mean something bad. If you want to check for hard drive failure, you can run CrystalDiskInfo. The SMART test shows you a health info. If it says "good" everything should be fine.
I think its just a matter of regularly checking what is using it and working out what the process actually is. At the end of the day, it could also indicate a problem with the disk itself... May be worth checking that using https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html