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August 26, 2014 5:54:36 PM

hi guys so i recently change my 2 tb HDD to a 1tb SSD now i went and install my OS on the SSD and formated my HDD so its brand new. by formatting my HDD was i really able to erase all the previous data? specially my old OS that was installed in it?i mean it does say 2 tb available on my HDD but for my reason my computer would crash randomly. sometime i am able to use if for a few hours and soometimes it would freeze with in 5 min of reboot. and when it does i reboot it and all of the sudden it would say no bootmnger so i have to go to bios and prioritize my boot again. and it would work fine. kinda weird.

i7 3930k
asus gtx 780ti sli
psu 1300 antec high current
asus rampage iv black edition
1 tb ssd and 2 tb hdd
16 gb ram
window 7

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August 26, 2014 6:02:21 PM

its the hdd is completely formatted its been completely erased
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August 26, 2014 6:02:53 PM

When your format, literally everything is erased so don't worry about that being the issue. Run yourself a Harddisk check (found in bootup mgr)

You shouldn't have this issue assuming it's a genuine windows copy...
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a b G Storage
August 26, 2014 6:03:38 PM

formatting will never completely erase everything from the hdd.for that you need to format,overwrite with other data and format again.this,however will not fix the crash problem.if you think it might have to do with your old hdd simply unplug it and see if it crashes or not.its likely,however,that the problem lies on your new ssd.if you can get into administrative tools>event viewer you can see logs of any errors in your system.these error reports will point you in the right direction.if you have a lot of logged errors clear the logs and see what comes back.
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a b G Storage
August 26, 2014 6:07:13 PM

These crashes are probably settings for the SSD, or something's not perfectly right with the Win Install, or the SSD's not perfect. I usually try to figure out what software I've most recently installed and uninstall it and see if that solves anything. And if I'm still getting crashes, I continue to uninstall 'backwards', pretending "it's a software conflict!"

If I haven't solved it after quite a few Uninstalls, I seriously consider a wipe-out and reinstall, pretending this is a Sequence Of Driver Install issues - load in the Motherboard Driver first, the Video Driver next, HDMI, Audio (or is that reversed?), LAN, etc.

As for the HDD, the Reformat Function eliminates a table of data-addresses and verifies surface-write and read capabilities. The data's still there, although it's renamed into something inaccessible by the Operating System. (This is how forensic software can 'retrieve' erased or recover 'accidentally formatted' disks.)

But the operating systems by themselves observe the data as "gone".
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August 26, 2014 7:54:16 PM

aldan said:
formatting will never completely erase everything from the hdd.for that you need to format,overwrite with other data and format again.this,however will not fix the crash problem.if you think it might have to do with your old hdd simply unplug it and see if it crashes or not.its likely,however,that the problem lies on your new ssd.if you can get into administrative tools>event viewer you can see logs of any errors in your system.these error reports will point you in the right direction.if you have a lot of logged errors clear the logs and see what comes back.


at which tab should i look for the crash error logs? is it under windows logs?
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August 26, 2014 8:05:05 PM

thanks guys, i should point out that i am able to play games for a long period of time about 3 hours or so, now let say i am playing assassin creed 4 and i decided to quit the game, as i exit to windows it would crash or sometimes my screen would just turn black but my computer would still be on or sometimes it would reboot and show the message the "bootmanger is gone" and need to go to bios to set my ssd as the boot drive primary. and last it would stay blank for about 3 mins or so and then it would let me in to windows but it would say that "kennel drive has fail but manage to recover" something like that.

on another note i could just be typing like i'm doing now and it would just crash. like my mouse and alt/delete would not work. will need to physically reboot. and the "bootmanager message is gone" message would show up.

also i have had the ssd install before and this never happen. i'm only guessing that it could be the HDD just to get a starting point on the problem.

the last piece of hardware that i install is that pg278Q asus rog swift monitor, i highly doubt that its the problem but i dont know. i had it set to G-sync and at resolution of 2560x1440 at 144hz. could it be the monitor? what are the chances? if it is the monitor can it affect my boot order when ever i physically reboot my system.
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a b G Storage
August 26, 2014 8:11:35 PM

It sounds like software is fighting over memory resources. This might be a "sequence of installs" issue, therefore, or that something's installed that doesn't play nice. This is why God invented Sherlock Holmes. And patience.
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a b G Storage
August 26, 2014 8:54:58 PM

go to control panel>administrative tools>event viewer and look over all the logs.like i said earlier,if there are a lot of errors clear the logs and see what comes back.
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August 29, 2014 6:08:29 PM

aldan said:
go to control panel>administrative tools>event viewer and look over all the logs.like i said earlier,if there are a lot of errors clear the logs and see what comes back.


hi so i have cleared all error reports under error and critical. my next question is, is it normal to have some errors even thought my computer is working properly? or should i find a solution for every single error on the list? i have about 8 error codes
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