Schmutz
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Hello all,
I am experiencing a problem with my computer which I believe is being caused by one of my data hard drives
Before I go into details here is my current hardware:
Q6600 3.0GHZ
GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R
6GB PC2 6400 800mhz (2x 2gb/2x 1gb)
Nvidia GTX 275 896mb
Onboard soundcard
Windows 7 x64
Jeantech 1000W PSU
Operating system is on 500GB drive
++ two 1TB data drives (2.5TB total storage)
The problem:
Upon accessing certain files in one of my 1TB drives, I hear a distictive "click/lockup/halt" sound and then the entire system crashes (first the drive will become inaccessible, then windows explorer will crash, followed by the mouse and eventually a BSOD after a minute)
My sixth sense is telling me there must be certain portions of this drive which are extremely corrupted/malfunctioning - an uneducated guess as to what could be happening.
Possible causes:
Things I've tried:
Things I haven't tried yet:
Other notes:
Since the problem began (about one week ago) the system fails to boot 1/5 times - cannot find "HDD" message at "verifying dmi pool data" screen.... but the OS is on my 500GB drive which doesn't appear to cause any problems?
I have tried to go into as much detail as possible if you have any suggestions they will be much appreciated!
I am experiencing a problem with my computer which I believe is being caused by one of my data hard drives
Before I go into details here is my current hardware:
Q6600 3.0GHZ
GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R
6GB PC2 6400 800mhz (2x 2gb/2x 1gb)
Nvidia GTX 275 896mb
Onboard soundcard
Windows 7 x64
Jeantech 1000W PSU
Operating system is on 500GB drive
++ two 1TB data drives (2.5TB total storage)
The problem:
Upon accessing certain files in one of my 1TB drives, I hear a distictive "click/lockup/halt" sound and then the entire system crashes (first the drive will become inaccessible, then windows explorer will crash, followed by the mouse and eventually a BSOD after a minute)
My sixth sense is telling me there must be certain portions of this drive which are extremely corrupted/malfunctioning - an uneducated guess as to what could be happening.
Possible causes:
- I rarely defragment (once a year?) and I am always working with/shifting around massive uncompressed video files (30GB+)
- I haven't had to format my operating system for a few years, so could there be corrupted registry files? I haven't used any registry clean up/checking software
- PSU issue? Bear in mind the computer has operated flawlessly for the past year and the crash appears to coincide with opening/accessing certain files
- Generic hardware malfunction
Things I've tried:
- Error checking tool (this process itself crashes the "faulty" 1TB drive after about 10 seconds causing the system to crash completely)
- Defragmenting "faulty" 1TB drive - no impact? Maybe I should try another defragmenter...
- Error checking tool for C: drive (500gb/OS drive, pre-boot) nothing to report no impact
Things I haven't tried yet:
- Defragment other drives (OS drive/other 1TB storage drive)
- Error checking tool for other 1TB storage drive
- Check for loose cables inside system - (I doubt this can be the cause of my problem)
- Try different defragmenting software from the windows one
- Format OS
- Run antivirus software
- Use registry clean up software
Other notes:
Since the problem began (about one week ago) the system fails to boot 1/5 times - cannot find "HDD" message at "verifying dmi pool data" screen.... but the OS is on my 500GB drive which doesn't appear to cause any problems?
I have tried to go into as much detail as possible if you have any suggestions they will be much appreciated!