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Thanks guys, think I'll bite the bullet this weekend and get a new hdd to at least last me until I get around to ordering an ssd and upgrade to windows 7 or 8 (preferences?). Can always just use the new hdd for storage.
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Re: Computer Issues
Originally posted by Caspian View PostQuestion 1: How would d/l'ing FFXIV and playing it way too much somehow cause an issue that would physically screw up my hdd?
Even if it was there would likely be other people experiencing the same issue and documenting it somewhere on the internet.
Question 2: Would reloading windows fix it or do I need to just get a new hard drive? If I go hdd they're crazy cheap so its really not as big of a deal as I thought it would be before I looked and I can apparently even now got for ssd without breaking the bank.
Question 3: Will just replacing the drive fix this problem completely or is the culprit likely somewhere else and I'll be looking at major parts replacements in my immediate future?
chkdsk is initiated in windows and then run at boot time. The BIOS will likely have some utilities of its own which may or may not actually help to diagnose the problem.
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Re: Computer Issues
Originally posted by Jarre View PostCan you scan disk from the utilities or chkdsk to see if their are bad sectors on the drive or corrupt files?
I'd do all that from Bios, yes?
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Re: Computer Issues
Can you scan disk from the utilities or chkdsk to see if their are bad sectors on the drive or corrupt files?
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Computer Issues
Got home last night to find my computer had restarted itself, gotten stuck and wanted a boot disk.
History: About a week ago I noticed I'd randomly lose certain sounds whilst playing FFXIV. Usually while I was crafting or harvesting. Sometimes music, sometimes sound effects, other times I'm mount my chocobo and disappear until I dismounted. Usually it would fix itself, sometimes I'd have to zone for it to start working properly. Then everything would freeze up, I'd get a blue screen, and it would restart. Starting about 4 days ago it would tell me that there was an error on the hard disk and I needed to back everything up and replace it. I chose to ignore this prompt (partially because I'm lazy, partially because I'm broke, and partially because there really isn't anything on there that's all that important or can't be reloaded during the course of one evening). Anyway, I get home last night and it won't load windows at all. I'll get the windows loading screen for about a minute or two then it will just restart itself and end up saying I need a boot disk.
Question 1: How would d/l'ing FFXIV and playing it way too much somehow cause an issue that would physically screw up my hdd?
Question 2: Would reloading windows fix it or do I need to just get a new hard drive? If I go hdd they're crazy cheap so its really not as big of a deal as I thought it would be before I looked and I can apparently even now got for ssd without breaking the bank.
Question 3: Will just replacing the drive fix this problem completely or is the culprit likely somewhere else and I'll be looking at major parts replacements in my immediate future?
If I go the ssd route, are any recommended over others? I'll probably eventually buy a backup hdd for storage but at the moment its not a real priority.Tags: None
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