So I've been having issues regarding my hard drive, a couple of the things being:
The PC has run stable for quite a long time with very few issues until lately, and it is more often fine than not.
Chkdsk results 0 KB in bad sectors. WD Lifeguard Diagnostics checks out as Safe on both tests.
All virus/adware/malware scans have checked out, namely Malwarebytes (Full scan) and just Windows Defender.
So my question to you is, does anyone happen to know what may be going on here?
It seems like it would be the HDD, but I honestly have no idea. Below are the loads and temps of CPU and GPU during a typical gaming session which has never been an issue before.
And I suppose an additional question if it is the Hard-Drive, would anyone happen to have a link to an in-depth HDD Cloning source? I have a 320gb HDD I could switch to, but it has data on it which I am currently unable to extract or even remove. I can not boot from it, nor even have it connected while booting (more than likely user error forgetting to switch something important ). There are many posts regarding merging larger HDD's into smaller ones with partitions, so I should be ok there but links are still always appreciated.
Thank you for your time and please let me know if there is any further information I can provide.
Running Chkdsk returns: (in Read-only mode)
CPU / GPU Temps & Loads: (Monitored with EVGA Precision X, GPU Temp, Core Temp, etc)
Specs: (No overclocks)
Crashing while gaming (HDD seems to turn completely unresponsive)
Very slow general task speeds, right clicking on the desktop for example after starting the PC now and then - restart usually resolves this issue for the time that the computer remains on.
The PC has run stable for quite a long time with very few issues until lately, and it is more often fine than not.
Chkdsk results 0 KB in bad sectors. WD Lifeguard Diagnostics checks out as Safe on both tests.
All virus/adware/malware scans have checked out, namely Malwarebytes (Full scan) and just Windows Defender.
So my question to you is, does anyone happen to know what may be going on here?
It seems like it would be the HDD, but I honestly have no idea. Below are the loads and temps of CPU and GPU during a typical gaming session which has never been an issue before.
And I suppose an additional question if it is the Hard-Drive, would anyone happen to have a link to an in-depth HDD Cloning source? I have a 320gb HDD I could switch to, but it has data on it which I am currently unable to extract or even remove. I can not boot from it, nor even have it connected while booting (more than likely user error forgetting to switch something important ). There are many posts regarding merging larger HDD's into smaller ones with partitions, so I should be ok there but links are still always appreciated.
Thank you for your time and please let me know if there is any further information I can provide.
Running Chkdsk returns: (in Read-only mode)
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.
976401407 KB total disk space
232999376 KB in 366485 files
207032 KB in 51030 indexes
0 KB in bad sectors
764667 KB in use by the system
65536 KB occupied by the log file
742430332 KB available on disk
No further action is required.
976401407 KB total disk space
232999376 KB in 366485 files
207032 KB in 51030 indexes
0 KB in bad sectors
764667 KB in use by the system
65536 KB occupied by the log file
742430332 KB available on disk
CPU / GPU Temps & Loads: (Monitored with EVGA Precision X, GPU Temp, Core Temp, etc)
CPU:
Core 1: ~60%
Core 2: ~54%
Core 3: ~56%
Core 4: ~51%
Idle: 10°c-13°c
While gaming: 20°c-27°c
GPU:
Idle: ~32°c
While gaming: ~57°c
Core 1: ~60%
Core 2: ~54%
Core 3: ~56%
Core 4: ~51%
Idle: 10°c-13°c
While gaming: 20°c-27°c
GPU:
Idle: ~32°c
While gaming: ~57°c
Specs: (No overclocks)
1TB Serial ATA Hitachi HDD
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core (3.6ghz)
760GM-GS3 ASRock AMD 760G Motherboard
8GB Ram
EVGA GTX 660 SC (320.29 Drivers)
Windows 8 Home Premium x64
600 Watt PSU
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core (3.6ghz)
760GM-GS3 ASRock AMD 760G Motherboard
8GB Ram
EVGA GTX 660 SC (320.29 Drivers)
Windows 8 Home Premium x64
600 Watt PSU