Crucial M4 SSD Issue!

BillHicksRIP · 26 Oct 2011 at 22:29

Hi. Brand new rig running Windows 7 x64 on a Crucial M4 SSD 256GB with firmware 0009. Playing my second full day of BF3 when the PC suddenly blue screens and reboots. On bootup I get a message saying there is corruption in E:\Windows\System32 and the Startup Repair must run. Windows is installed in the C: drive, but it says Startup Repair can't fix it, and it keeps referencing the E: drive in every messge for some reason. I've tried letting it run several times and even went as far as trying a system restore, which also failed, complaining about E:\.... Nothing's changed on the PC since it was built and I've happily played about 10 hours of BF3. The boot order is the same, and I've disabled a 2nd HDD in the PC just in case. Now I cant boot into Windows, and can't restore either. Screwed.

Any advice appreciated.

Orcvader · 26 Oct 2011 at 22:33

Sounds like you messed up on the install. Did you have all your HDDs connected still when you installed Windows onto your SSD? Some of the windows file might've went onto the HDD instead.

I would suggest a fresh reinstall with only the SSD connected to ensure all Windows files go to the SSD, then connect the HDD and wipe any Windows related files on that.

BillHicksRIP · 26 Oct 2011 at 22:41

Looking in DOS, the C: drive is empty and the Windows OS files are appearing under E:.

The D: drive is my storage disk which has a few of my files, and the %TEMP% directory which I'd redirected there after install after reading a guide to using an SSD. There's no other Windows files that I can see. I can't work out why it's picking the SSD up as the E: drive now?

Orcvader · 26 Oct 2011 at 22:49

Just reinstall Windows with the SSD only connected, then that should rule out wether the SSD is faulty or not. As I said it sounds like something on the software side has gone wrong. I would leave all directories to default as well, you're just asking for trouble when you're changing them. Leave pagefiling on too, some programs may crash if it's off.

For me all I just did was turn off hibernation on my SSD. And it still has an 8 year life expectancy.