Hello,
I am having a lot of problems with trying to get a new drive to work on my computer. I have a 250gb SSD that works great - no problems there. My windows and some games are on that.
However, I've had a ton of problems with getting my other 1tb HDD to work at all. It first started with my old drive that I was using for the same purpose. I was having a hard time installing anything from steam on it, and even though chkdsk was giving me no errors I decided I was frustrated enough to just go ahead and buy a different HDD and start fresh (I only use this pc for games). I haven't been able to get the new drive to work at all. I installed it fine, am able to format it as a D drive, etc etc. Whenever I get to where I start installing stuff on it though, disc activity jumps to 100% and just about everything shuts down. Here is a breakdown of some of the things that happen, as well as some of the things I have tried.
-task manager freezes up or will not open
-I can't shut down my computer from the windows menu, my computer just remains on until I muscle it off with the actual power button
-no downloads work, they may begin for a few mbs, but quickly halt and do not go any further -100% disc usage through task manager
-sometimes my wallpaper goes black when im pissing it off
Things I've tried:
- I recently tried unchecking the windows tips in my settings
- disabled the fetch deal that I have seen suggested throughout several posts
- made the changes in chrome and skype that I saw recommended
This is really frustrating for me. Working with a 250SSD with a bunch of games is no bueno. Any help or advice is very much appreciated!
Specs: gtx 1070 i7 4790k
edit: the weirdest thing to me is that this happened with 2 different HDDs, so it seems like somethign else is going on besides a failing hard drive. Doing anything, just trying to open up files on the other drive is INCREDIBLY slow, even though there is nothing on the disk.
I am having a lot of problems with trying to get a new drive to work on my computer. I have a 250gb SSD that works great - no problems there. My windows and some games are on that.
However, I've had a ton of problems with getting my other 1tb HDD to work at all. It first started with my old drive that I was using for the same purpose. I was having a hard time installing anything from steam on it, and even though chkdsk was giving me no errors I decided I was frustrated enough to just go ahead and buy a different HDD and start fresh (I only use this pc for games). I haven't been able to get the new drive to work at all. I installed it fine, am able to format it as a D drive, etc etc. Whenever I get to where I start installing stuff on it though, disc activity jumps to 100% and just about everything shuts down. Here is a breakdown of some of the things that happen, as well as some of the things I have tried.
-task manager freezes up or will not open
-I can't shut down my computer from the windows menu, my computer just remains on until I muscle it off with the actual power button
-no downloads work, they may begin for a few mbs, but quickly halt and do not go any further -100% disc usage through task manager
-sometimes my wallpaper goes black when im pissing it off
Things I've tried:
- I recently tried unchecking the windows tips in my settings
- disabled the fetch deal that I have seen suggested throughout several posts
- made the changes in chrome and skype that I saw recommended
This is really frustrating for me. Working with a 250SSD with a bunch of games is no bueno. Any help or advice is very much appreciated!
Specs: gtx 1070 i7 4790k
edit: the weirdest thing to me is that this happened with 2 different HDDs, so it seems like somethign else is going on besides a failing hard drive. Doing anything, just trying to open up files on the other drive is INCREDIBLY slow, even though there is nothing on the disk.
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