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Answer» I have been having problems with my graphics card. It works ok in 3d games and in windows, but when I try do do anything that requires 2d hardware acceleration, it causes BSODs. I currently don't want to invest in a new graphics card, so I have just been avoiding all things that use 2d acceleration (youtube and screensaver). It took me a while to figure out that the problem was with the graphics card, so the system has had numerous BSODs. I recently by accident tried to watch a HD video and it BSODd (only one program was open when this happened). When I rebooted, I found about half of my PROGRAMS where not even functioning, so I ran a disk check. The disk check found 138MB of bad sectors. 1. Start backing up your data now. Yes, I already have a backup that I made about two weeks ago. I think I am going to just restore that and see if I keep getting bad sectors after that. Quote 2. Check your hard drive with the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility. Yes, and it also said there were bad sectors. It didn't specify exactly how MANY, it just said too many LOL. Quote 3. Download BlueScreenView I didn't because I don't think we can learn much from them. They are completely random. Plus I am using a nLite version of windows and don't think it will work.Hard Disk is failing. Replace it and go from there. Quote Hard Disk is failing. Replace it and go from there. How do you know that it's not just caused by the BSODs? Quote from: Linux711 on November 12, 2011, 06:58:18 PM How do you know that it's not just caused by the BSODs? BSOD are not a cause. They are an effect. Quote from: Linux711 on November 12, 2011, 06:29:23 PM Yes, and it also said there were bad sectors. It didn't specify exactly how many, it just said too many LOL. Time for a new hard drive. Quote BSOD are not a cause. They are an effect. An effect of the video card malfunction, not the hdd. Ok. Let me state the question better. Can the BSODs from a bad graphics card cause the hard drive to get bad sectors because the filesystem might get corrupted? Quote An effect of the video card malfunction, not the hdd.How can you know this? You already stated that there is "nothing useful" via BlueScreenView, and that "They are completely random". Quote from: Linux711 on November 12, 2011, 09:11:47 PM Can the BSODs from a bad graphics card cause the hard drive to get bad sectors because the filesystem might get corrupted? No. A Bad Sector is MARKED by the Disk Driver when it has problems reading data from the sector. If you get a Blue Screen the computer stops what it is doing. The "worst" case scenario (from the perspective of the HD) is that it was in the middle of a write operation. However, that leaves the file system in an inconsistent state; the sectors involved will still be read fine. And the file system can be fixed relatively easily, with minimal data loss due to USN Journalling. A Bad Sector is marked by the system when it tries a number of times to read the disk but keeps getting Errors from the disk controller to the effect that it cannot determine what is in the sector. The two causes are Hard drive and Power Supply, but unless you replace one or the other you aren't going to be able to disprove either. Quote is that it was in the middle of a write operation. However, that leaves the file system in an inconsistent state; the sectors involved will still be read fine. Ah, ok. That answers my question. So I guess it's time for a new hdd and graphics card. I've been having so many problems with this system I bought a new hdd today and I am copying my backup onto it. So far it's GOOD. Anyway, anyone know why resizing a partition is faster than formatting an equal sized one? Next time I am going to try just making like an 8mb parition and see what happens if I just resize it.Sizing a partition only marks beginning and ending sectors ...therefore it's faster. |
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