EternallyConfused
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I've been experiencing multiple crashes on my laptop every day for about a month now. This has happened to me before but before I just had to do a system restore but I saved my files. Now, it will crash try to go into recovery mode but it fails and says I need a recovery CD or USB. I then have to restart my computer until I hopefully see the loading dots. I tried to scan the C: driver but it says it is NTFS. I've also gotten Unmountable Boot Volume, DPC Watchdog Violation, and Critical Service Failed crashes.
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Yes.Question: If I get a new hard drive, will it delete windows 10 from my laptop?
You could always create a back up but as the drive is faulty you might be better off starting afresh with a clean install.
When you did the upgrade you were given what's called a digital licence which is stored online.This laptop was originally a windows 8 but I updated when they gave out the free windows 10 update.
The licence is tied to the machine you upgraded from.
You can visit the download page here: Link Removed and use the Media Creation tool to download a copy of Windows 10 so you can either burn it to disk or USB.
When you install windows 10 and come to the activation page all you need to click is 'I don't have one'...
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Code:
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 9F, {3, ffffc00da4efa9a0, fffff8009fe579f0, ffffc00da4f8bc60}
Implicit thread is now ffffc00d`9f18b040
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for IntcDAud.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for IntcDAud.sys
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for iaStorA.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for iaStorA.sys
Probably caused by : iaStorA.sys
Followup: MachineOwner
of the three dump files sent, the first is corrupt and unreadable, the second is above and the third is a Bugcheck EF Critical process died.
The reason I posted up the second dump is because it includes a driver which gives us somewhere to start at least. Plus it backs up your mentioning of drive issues as the probable cause relates to the Intel Storage driver.
iaStorA.sys Mon Nov 19 20:09:40 2012: Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) driver. You can find a 2015 version of this driver on your support page linked below.
Laptops need to use drivers supplied by the manufacturer and your support page can be found here:
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I would also update what you can especially chipset drivers.
Please post any new dump files.
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Okay so I updated my BIOS and the Intel RST. I will update when there are any new dump files.Hi,Code:******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 9F, {3, ffffc00da4efa9a0, fffff8009fe579f0, ffffc00da4f8bc60} Implicit thread is now ffffc00d`9f18b040 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for IntcDAud.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for IntcDAud.sys *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for iaStorA.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for iaStorA.sys Probably caused by : iaStorA.sys Followup: MachineOwner
of the three dump files sent, the first is corrupt and unreadable, the second is above and the third is a Bugcheck EF Critical process died.
The reason I posted up the second dump is because it includes a driver which gives us somewhere to start at least. Plus it backs up your mentioning of drive issues as the probable cause relates to the Intel Storage driver.
iaStorA.sys Mon Nov 19 20:09:40 2012: Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) driver. You can find a 2015 version of this driver on your support page linked below.
Laptops need to use drivers supplied by the manufacturer and your support page can be found here:
Link Removed
I would also update what you can especially chipset drivers.
Please post any new dump files.
Thanks for the drivers page by the way. I couldn't find it when I looked.
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Hi Eternal,
would you mind running this application by Seagate. It works for almost any drive and should tell you whether yours is still ok or not.
It has a long and a short test. It should be cabable of completing both:
https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/
would you mind running this application by Seagate. It works for almost any drive and should tell you whether yours is still ok or not.
It has a long and a short test. It should be cabable of completing both:
https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/
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I passed the short generic test and failed the long generic test and the short DST test.
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Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date: 4/12/2018 7:56:06 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is OS.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
1026816 file records processed.
File verification completed.
13774 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
12516 reparse records processed.
1156788 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
12516 reparse records processed.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Cleaning up 194 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 194 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 194 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
64987 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
38352360 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...
1026800 files processed.
File data verification completed.
Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
13997152 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Adding 2 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
473774237 KB total disk space.
416239568 KB in 621124 files.
395256 KB in 64988 indexes.
12 KB in bad sectors.
1150801 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
55988600 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
118443559 total allocation units on disk.
13997150 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
00 ab 0f 00 18 77 0a 00 fc 9c 13 00 00 00 00 00 .....w..........
48 2f 00 00 9c 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 H/..............
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Wininit
Date: 4/12/2018 7:56:06 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is OS.
A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
1026816 file records processed.
File verification completed.
13774 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
12516 reparse records processed.
1156788 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
12516 reparse records processed.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Cleaning up 194 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 194 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 194 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
64987 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
38352360 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...
1026800 files processed.
File data verification completed.
Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
13997152 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Adding 2 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
473774237 KB total disk space.
416239568 KB in 621124 files.
395256 KB in 64988 indexes.
12 KB in bad sectors.
1150801 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
55988600 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
118443559 total allocation units on disk.
13997150 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
00 ab 0f 00 18 77 0a 00 fc 9c 13 00 00 00 00 00 .....w..........
48 2f 00 00 9c 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 H/..............
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.
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Much thanks.
It looks like the scan did find and repair certain errors:
Adding 2 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
Please post if the chkdsk scan has helped regarding the crashes.
It looks like the scan did find and repair certain errors:
Adding 2 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File.
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.
Please post if the chkdsk scan has helped regarding the crashes.
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I will post again if it crashes again. Thanks!
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Code:
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck EF, {ffffad0ff39a2580, 0, 0, 0}
Probably caused by : memory_corruption
Followup: memory_corruption
the very last dump file sent was unreadable and this in itself can sometimes mean issues with the HDD.
I looked over your dxdiag and noticed your current free space:
Ideally one needs around 25% of the drive left free so windows can work properly. Please remove unwanted or no longer used applications as well as backing up what data you can to clear up some space.
Check the S.M.A.R.T. data (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) for your drive by running this command in an admin command prompt. Type:
wmic diskdrive get status
Press enter and status, if the drive is fine, should show as OK.
We can check this further by using an application called 'Speedfan'. It's basic function is to allow you to control system fans but it also has an extremely handy feature.
Speedfan
Speedfan has a tab dedicated to SMART data and you can also get a basic online report. I used my aging SSD as an example here:
Oh and please try and create some free space. The more the better..
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Ok I'll check back in once I get my hard drive and back up my stuff.
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