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ssd behaves strangly

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killernerd

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Allthough i say SSD i'm not sure it is actually the drive causing it. It's really something odd...

When I boot up my pc and it'll load fast, initially. Background programs (as far as i can see at least), desktop, widgets,... etc. They all load pretty much instantly.

I can boot up chrome the moment i see my desktop but anything else will have to wait.
Teamspeak? That's a no-go. Windows live mail? nope.
Even more, if i try to start those up it seemingly freezes up my ssd. My desktop becomes unresponsive and i can't really do anything anymore.

Opening the start menu (and the task bar in general) does work untill i try opening something. LIke taskmanager or try opening any of the file management shortcuts (to documents, my computer,... etc).

Sometimes this lasts for 10 seconds and other days it might take 2 minutes but today I had to reboot my pc several times before it became usable.
The "intel rapid storage" thingy kept popping up with "sata drive disconnected", "unknown sata drive connected" but at that point i could access all my drives again.

MIght also be a virus? What are your thoughts on this. Right now i'm a bit torn, i booted the pc up in safe mode and it had far less trouble booting up there than in normal mode but it wasn't quite what it should be either.

edit: downloaded hdd regenerator and it recommends i backup my drive? My read error rate peaked at 65212 a moment ago and is now sitting at 53836. dying ssd?

edit2: hard disk sentinel says everything's 100% ok though... ><
 
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I've seen this behaviour before on many SSDs. Save yourself the headache. Buy a new SSD. Its not brand or model specific failure. There are many "fixes" but none have worked for me.
 
i do want to say that other programs, not installed on the ssd, are also affected. Perhaps because the reg entries are always on the C drive?
 
Do a complete backup (Which you would need to do anyway for restore to a new drive) and install a fresh copy of Windows. Since HD Sentinel says SMART is ok (which is no guarantee the drive is OK but a good sign) see if that alone fixes the problem and then look to software issues. If not, replace the drive and restore from your backup.
 
Could it be a virus after all?

Was looking at the resource monitor yesterday and my F drive (data and programs) was being kept busy with i don't know what. I do know it was at 100% usage for hours on end (it still was when i shut down the pc).

Now I boot up my system (with the same sluggish response for the first 5 minutes) browse to my F-drive to see if my w7 ISO is still there. I was planning on at least formatting my drive before buying a new ssd.

But somehow many of my folders are now completely empty? My downloads folder (wich was about 50gig) is empty, as are my movie folder (200-ish gigs), my fraps and my games (300-ish gigs) folders. Weirdest of all is that windows explorer still reports that drive as being as full as it was yesterday. There are just a shitton of files missing...

Even steam stopped working, spouting some bs about needing a "case insensitive" file system or some shit.

edit: yeah i think something seriously broke yesterday, can't even check my mail... (they just show up as an htm and sdx file lol)
another edit: this is getting better and better... Pretty much my ENTIRE F drive has been wiped. Or at least, so it looks. Because windows explorer is still reporting that it's sitting at 170gig free of 1,5tb...
 
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killernerd said:
Allthough i say SSD i'm not sure it is actually the drive causing it. It's really something odd...

edit: downloaded hdd regenerator and it recommends i backup my drive? My read error rate peaked at 65212 a moment ago and is now sitting at 53836. dying ssd?

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Hi, killernerd,

I wouldn't trust the results returne by " hdd regenerator" as it is designed for HDDs not SSDs. I'd download the diagnostice tools provided by the manufacturer of the SSD to get a more reliable read of its' condition.

It does sound like you may have a virus.

Hope this helps.
 
did a full system scan (using avast) and it didn't pick up on anything major. 3 "suspicious" files was all it found.
 
doing a format seems to have solved the issues i was having.

I can even access my data drive again (with data intact and everything) even though it has switched from being called F to G and my old D drive is now called F lol.

Also, massive performance increase :eek:
 
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