Windows won't boot up. Fixed it but need advice pls

Kyo

Kyo

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Hi

Just recently updated my case and my gfx card but kept the old mobo, CPU and memory. Specs on my sig.

I kept the original installation of windows 10 latest build and fully updated. Everything has been working fine for the last few months and had no issues since the rebuild.

Was just chilling watching a movie when it BSOD and "Something went wrong". It rebooted but stuck in a loop during POST .

Error was
"Windows failed to start. A recently hardware or software change may be the cause. The boot configuration data for your pc is missing or contains errors. "

My windows OS was installed in a old m.2 SSD. To cut a long story short after some lengthy trouble shooting, I couldn't see windows or the boot folder. Couldn't repair or do anything even with advance options or repair or restore. Only option was creating a new boot media via usb and just reinstalled windows, setup etc. it's all working ok now.

My troubleshooting makes me believe it might be the m.2 on its last legs. I did run crystaldiskinfo on the drive and it's marked Yellow Caution 0%. Looking at the table it's yellow but it's highlighted just on percentage used. Everything else on the table looks fine. So might be misreporting that's it's just empty?? Or does yellow cautious means it's on its way out??

My question is should I replace my M.2 with a new nvme? It's about 15 years old so I guess m.2 do eventually give out. Got no real way of checking m.2.

Any advise would be much appreciated. Thx
 
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What drive it is? - some models like some of the Samsung ones from back about then can have problems with bit rot and/or degradation of the NAND even with the firmware update it eventually bites - a 15 year old SSD wouldn't be unsurprising if it was on its way out.

EDIT: Are you talking about a SATA SSD or M.2 SATA/NVME? as M.2 drives only really became common place in the last 7-8 years.
 
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Thanks for the replies gents.

Tetras said:
Can you share all of the smart reports from crystaldiskinfo?
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Rroff said:
What drive it is? - some models like some of the Samsung ones from back about then can have problems with bit rot and/or degradation of the NAND even with the firmware update it eventually bites - a 15 year old SSD wouldn't be unsurprising if it was on its way out.

EDIT: Are you talking about a SATA SSD or M.2 SATA/NVME? as M.2 drives only really became common place in the last 7-8 years.
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Sorry i was rambling yesterday, it was late and had to type the OP on my phone before i could get my pc working just before bed.

Your absolutely right, i forgot its a M.2 SSD not a NVME. Also not 15 years its only 6 years old. (No clue how i got 15 :o). As above its ADATA SX600NP 128Gb. M.2 SSD. I work in IT professionally and have never seen a Windows install collapse in itself like that but the OS build was old and was a free MS upgrade from windows 7 days. At one point i could see the M.2 in BIOS but during the initial windows recovery/troubleshooting via dos i could read all the contents on drive except the windows folder and boot folder, most likely hidden??. Whatever was the glitch software or hardware wise it seems to be fine now as soon as i was able to install a fresh copy of the latest Windows 10 of 22H2.

My intention was to get a new m.2 nvme 250gb and replace it with the old m.2 SSD and reinstall windows on it again? or do you think it might be ok now? It does run quite hot around 44 C degrees or so. Is that normal?

Cheers
 
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From a quick Google it has a TBW of 75 and you've put 24TB writes on it but it seems to be complaining about wear levelling. I'd say the drive has had its day though.
 
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Your both right many thanks for the advice. I can see some of the 500gb or 1tb m.2 nvme are not as expensive as i remember. Any good recommendations?

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From a quick Google it has a TBW of 75 and you've put 24TB writes on it but it seems to be complaining about wear levelling. I'd say the drive has had its day though.
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Just out of curiosity and future reference, i dont really understand the TB writes value and how can you tell about wear levelling? thanks
 
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Kyo said:
Your both right many thanks for the advice. I can see some of the 500gb or 1tb m.2 nvme are not as expensive as i remember. Any good recommendations?



Just out of curiosity and future reference, i dont really understand the TB writes value and how can you tell about wear levelling? thanks
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Wear levelling is internal to the ssd. It works too make each block of memory too be worn out evenly. So data that is on blocks 1-10 but fever changed, will get moved to blocks 11-20 far have been used more, so that new data then goes onto blocks 1-10 etc. Most drives have some over provisioning (capacity hidden from the user) to aid in this and extend the lifespan of the drive.

TBW = total bytes written. The flash memory should* function until at least this amount of data has been written to the drive. After this point, it's expected to not store data any more. It's not a perfect measure, but it's a good way to estimate the life span of a drive.
 
Thanks much appreciated. Got a new drive fitted today so hopefully put this issue to bed. Thanks again for the useful input. Cheers.
 
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