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Rowan88

Rowan88

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Hi,

I was just wondering if this was normal or if my HDD is failing.

The first screenshot is me copying a file from my S:\ to G:\ drive, both are HDD's
The second screenshot is me installing a game from my G:\

https://thumb.~ibb.co~/jBFZcy/hddtest.jpg https://thumb.~ibb.co~/crfNVJ/installgame.jpg

The write speeds jump from 25-150 but looking at the graph I wasn't sure if it spiking was normal.

Thanks
 
Haha cheers.

I noticed when I open the drives the icons next to the file names take a while to load, is there something I need to change to fix that or is it normal too?
 
Since the spikes form a repetitive pattern I would imagine its the cache filling up. Run some benchmarks and check the smart readout
 
The S: drive is marked Active instead of the C: drive. Did you install Windows with all the drives connected, instead of just the C: drive? As that might explain it, and be the cause of the issues you've described in the other thread.
 
All my drives where connected during install yes..

I have went into CMD and marked S:\ as inactive. Now my two storage drives read "Healthy Primary Partition".

Does that mean its fixed or should I reinstall windows without the other two drives connected?
 
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It can be a bit tricky from what I recall (it happened to me once). The first thing I'd do next is shut down (and drain power) > unplug all drives except OS drive > start up again. See if it creates the appropriate file on the OS drive automatically. That'd save you some trouble if it works.
 
I had only installed a few games on the PC and I have the latest windows on a USB drive so hardly any updates.

If I start from scratch do I need to do anything to the drives, or do I just only connect the SSD, format, delete, install?

Then once it boots back in fine I can shutdown and connect my GAMES and STORAGE drive back in without doing anything else?

When you say "drain the pc", is that just turn off PC, remove cables from the back, hold power button in for 30secs, plug back in and power on?
 
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Rowan88 said:
When you say "drain the pc", is that just turn off PC, remove cables from the back, hold power button in for 30secs, plug back in and power on?
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Yes. As long as the PSU is switched off no cables ought to need removing, but you can do that anyway, plus the rest you mentioned.

Good luck.
 
Ok I followed all the steps and my disk management looks like this.

http://image.~ibb.co~/kW4EfJ/disks.jpg

Is that it correct?
 
The two storage drives look as they should now. It is strange that Disk 0 doesn't say Active anywhere, though. Maybe someone else can advise whether that is fine.
 
Something still isnt right ..

Opening WinRAR it freezes for about 5-10secs then shows the contents..

Opening random folders on windows it takes about the same time for the icon images to show. .

Starting to think its the SSD
 
It's unknown territory for me I'm afraid - not having any partition as Active (or rather not showing up as Active). Hope someone else has an idea.

I do wonder about that "OEM Partition". Is that usual for non-OEM system builds?

This is how it looks on mine:

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Disk 0 System Reserved partition marked Active, along with C: and Unallocated (some overprovisioning).
 
The .ISO I used was the one you download from the Windows 10 website.

If its any additional info, not that you probably need but the OS is on a SSD and the other two drives are HDD.

The WinRAR issue kinda started me thinking something wasn't behaving right, and then more stuff like the icons taking a while to load, sometimes slow freezes or glitches then the benchmark issues made me think that there was something going on...
 
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