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AMD 13.2 Beta Driver

TBH i just install drivers over the top, i have seen no proof of driver corruption lol?

After installation it even tells you if its been a success or not?

Ive had no problems at all installing drivers, i think people still think its windows 95/98 back then it was a bit of a mess but these days its perfectly fine imo, no need for 10 restarts and stuff lol.
 
LtMatt said:
Which version? I was using 3.2.0. They may have fixed the issue in 3.3.0. Either way a sure fire way to check is to use command prompt, right click run as admin, then type sfc /scannow and hit enter.

If it says it finds integrity violations your os is botched forever unless you reinstall.

Btw driver fusion is just the latest version of driver sweeper, and providing you have an unlocked version it deletes everything but doesn't break stuff.
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Version 3.2.0. :D Didn't know they was 3.3.0
But if say sfc does find anything and my PC is running fine why worry?? I dont want to Run SFC /scannow, lol if I know something is up i'll start reinstalling windows.
 
weehamish said:
TBH i just install drivers over the top, i have seen no proof of driver corruption lol?

After installation it even tells you if its been a success or not?

Ive had no problems at all installing drivers, i think people still think its windows 95/98 back then it was a bit of a mess but these days its perfectly fine imo, no need for 10 restarts and stuff lol.
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Every time you install a driver over the top you lose hard drive space. This is the riskiest way of installing gpu drivers. Eventually files will conflict and why would you want to lose hard drive space each time? Not everything gets over written. No doubt a few people will say 'its never caused problems for me', to them i say each to his own.

shankly1985 said:
Version 3.2.0. :D Didn't know they was 3.3.0
But if say sfc does find anything and my PC is running fine why worry?? I dont want to Run SFC /scannow, lol if I know something is up i'll start reinstalling windows.
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Lol yep you're screwed. I don't know how vital it is or when it will start to cause problems for you. For me i cannot use a copy of windows i know has been damamed beyond repair. If you don't want to lose everything then you need to do a windows 8 refresh. Or as you say you can carry on using it hoping it never causes a problem for you. Good luck either way, i swore never to use sweeper or atiman again after they both botched windows 8 installs for me.
 
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weehamish said:
The installtion process deletes whats there before it installs the new stuff anyways and then you can just defrag after?
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I don't know the ins and outs, just been told by the AMD rep its not the way to do things. I do know it eats up hard drive space and not everything gets over written though.
 
LtMatt said:
Lol yep you're screwed. I don't know how vital it is or when it will start to cause problems for you. For me i cannot use a copy of windows i know has been damamed beyond repair. If you don't want to lose everything then you need to do a windows 8 refresh. Or as you say you can carry on using it hoping it never causes a problem for you. Good luck either way, i swore never to use sweeper or atiman again after they both botched windows 8 installs for me.
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Why did you tell me this :( now I must check sfc.
But what issue are we talking about could happen here? I get nothing strange happening like error in the event viewer etc.

Could this just be you getting to odc? lol
 
shankly1985 said:
Why did you tell me this :( now I must check sfc.
But what issue are we talking about could happen here? I get nothing strange happening like error in the event viewer etc.

Could this just be you getting to odc? lol
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Sorry man, i assumed you would be using the last version of driver sweeper 3.3.0. Frankly 3.20 is hard to find as it was the infamous version that broke everyones windows install. That's why its so hard to find. I'm guessing you got it from the same place i did. :p

I don't know what can happen, all i know is that it deletes some files which cannot be repaired or replaced and windows own self help repair tool is unable to fix them. The only solution for me (and i had a damn good look) was a fresh install. The old repair install trick will work as well. I decided to start afresh though as once i knew it was botched i wanted all elements gone.

I now use system restore as driver sweepers have killed 3 windows 8 installs for me. :D Despite all this Driver Fusion is clean and serene and it deletes everything amd related and does not break or damage windows 8 in any way shape or form. :)
 
LtMatt said:
Sorry man, i assumed you would be using the last version of driver sweeper 3.3.0. Frankly 3.20 is hard to find as it was the infamous version that broke everyones windows install. That's why its so hard to find. I'm guessing you got it from the same place i did. :p

I don't know what can happen, all i know is that it deletes some files which cannot be repaired or replaced and windows own self help repair tool is unable to fix them. The only solution for me (and i had a damn good look) was a fresh install. The old repair install trick will work as well. I decided to start afresh though as once i knew it was botched i wanted all elements gone.

I now use system restore as driver sweepers have killed 3 windows 8 installs for me. :D Despite all this Driver Fusion is clean and serene and it deletes everything amd related and does not break or damage windows 8 in any way shape or form. :)
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I will just take the risk and hang in there with this windows install. I have nothing strange happening, But I will start using Driver Fusion from now on.
 
shankly1985 said:
I will just take the risk and hang in there with this windows install. I have nothing strange happening, But I will start using Driver Fusion from now on.
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Good choice. Before you uninstall driver sweeper you might be able to restore the files unless you disabled backup. However if you did multiple sweeps then it might be too late, worth a try though. Good luck!
 
LtMatt said:
Good choice. Before you uninstall driver sweeper you might be able to restore the files unless you disabled backup. However if you did multiple sweeps then it might be too late, worth a try though. Good luck!
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I have a ton of backups lol any idea what the file names are?
 
shankly1985 said:
Nooo lol I dont want to run the scan :)
I just been looking though the logs back dated to May last year and all files in the logs relate to AMD driver.
Nothing stands out.
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If you don't want to run the scan then you won't know the name of the damamged files. The scan only tries and fails to repair them, its nothing bad.
 
LtMatt said:
If you don't want to run the scan then you won't know the name of the damamged files. The scan only tries and fails to repair them, its nothing bad.
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It will reveal if they is something up and then I start wanting it fixed and in end I have a fresh Windows 8 install :D

All above I dont want lol
 
tommybhoy said:
All fine on W7 ulps enabled/disabled, zero hangs.

:)
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I can 100% now confirm this, the disable ULPS bug is now gone, happy days :D

Just going to take Borderlands 2 for a quick whirl and see if I notice any improvements.

Edit: Very smooth!
 
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