Windows 10 Hard Drive Test

[kemical]

What can i do now , are any of these any good . I followed the instructions as listed .

Hmm.. Well if it was me I'd detach the drive and see if the crashes stop.

If they do reconnect the device and see if the come back. If the y do then you know it's the device thats faulty?

 

[NettleWarbler]

The drive is not connected to any other drive , it works better that way .

 

[NettleWarbler]

I went to the local city to test that hard drive , one was £5 but he only tested upto 4TB . One only tested upto 8TB , one could test the 18TB but it would cost £20 per half hour and it could take hours . Both computer shops in the towns near me are shut , i went to the city pc shops thinking they would have plenty of testing software . I never realised there would be limits , its just been a waste of tiime .

 

[bochane]

A partial test of a disk is a good indication of the health of the whole disk.

If the disk disk, when mounted in your pc still causes crashes you may also think of cables being damaged even a too small powersupply. A crashdump may tell more but none showed up. Could you try the Powershel script?

 

[NettleWarbler]

How do i run PowerShell Script , i downloaded the ap . There is a video that says run it from notepad but i can't find folder options in my control panal .

 

[bochane]

That is easy. Type 'powershell' in the search box in the bottom left corner of the screen, select 'powershell' in the results, click on it and it pops up.

 

[NettleWarbler]

What happens now , do i scan with it or what .

 

[bochane]

In the last line of my answer #64, sorry for the typo, is a link to a script of Neemobeer which helps collecting crashdumps. Copy the code into your powershell and run it.

 

[NettleWarbler]

When i r/click and run as administrator this is what i get .

 

[bochane]

You did not copy from this link the procedure into powershell.
It starts with

$CollectDir = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\SYSTEMREPORT"
$DumpPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl"

and ends with

$dumpdir = Get-DumpSettings -Path $DumpPath
Create-Archive -DumpLocation $dumpdir

Could you try that and run it?

 

[NettleWarbler]

I copied off neemobeer , powershell script and got . Are these files any good .

 

[NettleWarbler]

I typed
$CollectDir = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\SYSTEMREPORT"
$DumpPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl"
$dumpdir = Get-DumpSettings -Path $DumpPath
Create-Archive -DumpLocation $dumpdir
into script .

 

[bochane]

Don't type, it is too much and too complicated, copy and paste the whole procedure into the powershell.

 

[NettleWarbler]

I did copy and paste it , everything as in my post and i'm still none the wiser about getting a dump file from it . This PC has just restarted once again while online . The pics above 2 entries back show the results .

 

[NettleWarbler]

This is what i get with the first 2 lines pasted in.
$CollectDir = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\SYSTEMREPORT"
$DumpPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl"

 

[NettleWarbler]

All 3 lines is the same result

 

[bochane]

There are far more lines then that.
Please navigate to the site of that link.

(I sometimes wonder whether this is a real question.....)

 

[NettleWarbler]

When i try and create a dump file with microsoft edge , the dump file is greyed out .

 

[NettleWarbler]

For some reason microsoft edge was left open , with the msg create dump . I think it worked that time . Just have to find it now .

 

[bochane]

The dump file that has been created during your tests with that disk, are important and may reveal a clue what is wrong, either with that disc or wrong with your system.
Creating a dump yourself wil not help.