Unexplainable PC issues

Bluelinkgames

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Aug 18, 2015
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Lately I've noticed a few issues with my computer and haven't found a fix to any of them. When I originally got the computer, back in October 2013, it had Windows 8.1. It has an Intel Cor i5-4670k 3.40GHz processor, 16 GB RAM, and runs off a 64-bit OS, and a 2TB hard drive, though I'm not sure at the moment of any other details. As for my issues, I've had problems installing and running the game League of Legends, have been unable to format the hard drive, unable to update my Windows, and often randomly blue screening. My friend suggested a corrupted was the problem and, so, I used a mountable USB to install Windows 10 to my computer. The problem with League of Legends, and other games, still exists and I just blue screened less than 16 hours after installing Windows 10. I'm not sure if formatting or updating are still an issue since I have yet to attempt either, but I would like to know why I am so often blue screening, and why some games (or rather, things like net frameworks or Microsoft Visual C++) are failing to properly install/run. My friend thinks the issue might be a bad hard drive, but though I should post some,thing here before spending $80 with no real need on a new 2tb hard drive.
 
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Sounds like a hard drive issue to me. Failing to be able to do file management things is generally a big red flag. Though you left out some crucial details (GPU/PSU) this one smells like a hard drive issue. That's no guarantee it is the hard drive, of course, given how many different causes there can be of vague problems, replacing parts one at a time and testing is frequently the best way to go.

DSzymborski

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Sounds like a hard drive issue to me. Failing to be able to do file management things is generally a big red flag. Though you left out some crucial details (GPU/PSU) this one smells like a hard drive issue. That's no guarantee it is the hard drive, of course, given how many different causes there can be of vague problems, replacing parts one at a time and testing is frequently the best way to go.

 
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