Solved Issues with my HDD/SSD

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raaskarr

raaskarr

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Regarding my skill level, I only know enough to be dangerous. About two months ago my HDD crashed. Couple days ago Windows 10 crashed. I replaced the HDD and I reinstalled Windows. I built this PC about 5.5 years ago. Up until now, this has been a pretty good runner. Be Quiet case, power supply and a couple extra fans, 7700k CPU, 16GB DDR4 ram, Radeon RX580 GPU. Maybe a little overkill but I am also a hot rodder. Maybe you know the pledge. If enough is good and more is better, then too much is just right. I would like to upgrade what I have to run Windows 11. Gen 7 is one gen too old for Windows 11. I know there is a workaround, but I really don't want to do that. I have an idea about what to buy but I may lean on you for assurance and expertise. Hope you don't mind. I would hope to contribute some of my ignorance to help you avoid the same issues. Happy New Year.
 
Thanks for getting back to me. How did u do that? Me thinking about getting new SSD to run Windows. Maybe old SSD getting a little wonky. Been using HDD second drive for files. Can I install my old Windows 10 and upgrade?
 
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I would recommend installing Win 10 & running windows updates until none are left. Or you can clone the old drive to the new drive using Macrium Reflect & then just swap the drives.
 
Updates seem to be stalled. Stuck at 0% no movement. That’s why I’m thinking new SSD. Will try on current SSD for practice.
 
Sometimes updates can stick at 0% for 5 minutes or so then jump to 30%. If the PC hasn’t been updated in a while or with a clean install then updates can take a while if there are a lot of them. I would leave it a few hours.
 
20H2 took over an hour after failing at least 5 times. Now I get a message in red about critical security updates and drivers still missing but it won’t update. I’ll update some myself and see what happens. Thanks for your help.
 
Have you tried resetting the update components?
Open cmd prompt/powershell with admin & enter:
Net Stop bits
Net Stop wuauserv
Net Stop appidsvc
Net Stop cryptsvc
Ren %Systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore DataStore.bak
Ren %Systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download Download.bak
Ren %Systemroot%\System32\catroot2 catroot2.bak
Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat"
Net Start bits
Net Start wuauserv
Net Start appidsvc
Net Start cryptsvc
Restart the PC & try updating again.

And/or:
Search for services.msc & find Windows Update & ensure it is set to Automatic.
 
I’ll try that. Thanks. I like Malwarebytes Premium also. Having other issues with fresh reinstall. I bet u can’t wait to hear about them.
 
I may do another install. I unchecked some boxes that maybe I should have left alone. I think Onedrive still has a grip on my second drive(HDD). I’ll reformat that.
 
I am going to try the fix u recommended again. By hardware problems, are we thinking the SSD?
 
In that case, I have been looking at the support list for my Gigabyte Z270 mobo. Samsung 970 EVO plus MZ-V7S250 or 500BW is on the list. I found 970EVO plus MZ250 or 500B/AM. Does the suffix mean anything? I know sometimes the difference may just be packaging. I recently found that with a car part. I'm not stuck on Samsung. I have 960 EVO now. That's just an example.
 
Hi @Bastet & @raaskarr
It might help Bastet if you can

Can you Download and run and then post. https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download
To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:​

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.​

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot dialog box. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.

The last part of each URL is randomized, so only people you provide with the URL will be able to find your profile.

The information given in Speccy cannot be used by anyone to hack your system

Could you also include the power supply specs E.g Cooler Master 850W Gold V2 NOT E.g 850w

and download https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/
the standard edition and run
 
I am going to replace the SSD and re-install windows. I’ll let you know how it goes.
 
PCI’s are backward and forward compatible, right? Performance determined by the weakest component.
 
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