This happened today around 4 I think, I was updating Warhammer Total War for the Bretonnia update and I checked if it was done and it said "Disk Write Error" and then Steam crashed/froze on me. I went to check my game files looked ok. Checked Warhammer and it was no longer installed, went check my hard drive, looked fine, checked the files and they were empty, every single damn file, I had a few file types and folders that was it.
I did a hard shut down by simply holding in the power button and turned back on, ALL of my files were back and I tested DOOM to check and it loaded fine, my saves were still there etc.... I also tried others too just to check.
Now here is my issue I am unable to install/download anything onto the HDD now but I can play games that are currently installed on that drive. I have scanned it and one result was everything is fine no issues, another was there are errors and it needs reparing and I did it a third time and it said the same as the first scan. so what I've now done and still doing is a "chkdsk" on that drive and I'm thinking of re-installing Steam just to be save.
What I want to know is this: Is this damn hard drive failing or already failed or is it anything else like my CPU or GPU or even my RAM? I am so confused because I'm pretty sure if it was dead I shouldn't be able to play games on it and if it was failing then I dunno it's what this thread is for lol.
Here I will list my components for you so you have a better idea of my build:
Please NOTE: 1st Hard Disk is my C drive and 2nd Hard Disk is my E drive which is having issues.
Case- Zalman H1 black case with built in ventilation controls(2x120mm fans(top) 1x1 200mm fan (front) 1x1 120mm fan (back))
Processor (CPU)-AMD FX-4350 Quad Core CPU (4.3/4.2GHZ - 4MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard- Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)- 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card- 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk- 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk- 3TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive- 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply- CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable- 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling- STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste- STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card- ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking- WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI CARD
Operating System- Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media- Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Surge Protection- MasterPlug SRG62 6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
I did a hard shut down by simply holding in the power button and turned back on, ALL of my files were back and I tested DOOM to check and it loaded fine, my saves were still there etc.... I also tried others too just to check.
Now here is my issue I am unable to install/download anything onto the HDD now but I can play games that are currently installed on that drive. I have scanned it and one result was everything is fine no issues, another was there are errors and it needs reparing and I did it a third time and it said the same as the first scan. so what I've now done and still doing is a "chkdsk" on that drive and I'm thinking of re-installing Steam just to be save.
What I want to know is this: Is this damn hard drive failing or already failed or is it anything else like my CPU or GPU or even my RAM? I am so confused because I'm pretty sure if it was dead I shouldn't be able to play games on it and if it was failing then I dunno it's what this thread is for lol.
Here I will list my components for you so you have a better idea of my build:
Please NOTE: 1st Hard Disk is my C drive and 2nd Hard Disk is my E drive which is having issues.
Case- Zalman H1 black case with built in ventilation controls(2x120mm fans(top) 1x1 200mm fan (front) 1x1 120mm fan (back))
Processor (CPU)-AMD FX-4350 Quad Core CPU (4.3/4.2GHZ - 4MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard- Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)- 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card- 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk- 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk- 3TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive- 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply- CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable- 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling- STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste- STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card- ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking- WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI CARD
Operating System- Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media- Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Surge Protection- MasterPlug SRG62 6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
DD
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