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- Operating system : Genuine Windows 8.1
- Updates : All installed up to date including additional ones except one that caused some random slow downs.
PC Specs :
Problems :- CPU : Intel i3 2x3.3 GHz (LGA 1155)
- Mobo : Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (rev 2.0)
- RAM : Geil Dragon 2x 4GB
- GPU : Nvidia Geforce GT630 1GB
- 120 GB Samsung SSD (Home for OS)
- 240 GB Kingston SSD (More important files)
- 300 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II mechanical drive (for less important files)
- Recently I noticed that explorer.exe started to crash from time to time (example: right clicking on a file was giving a 'stand-by' icon and caused explorer.exe to follow a loop of crashing and reloading). A simple restart was helping.
- Few days ago I hooked up my Roland MV 8000 digital music production hardware via USB to my computer in order to transfer some audio samples to the machine. At that moment when I was waiting for folders to pop up upon successful connection, explorer.exe crashed again but it didn't reload. My MV 8000 froze as well. I decided to manually restart my pc with a dedicated button. Unfortunately upon restart I got the following message :
Loading operating system... a disk read error occured. Press ctrl+alt+del to restart
What I've tried :
- Prepared bootable usb drive with Windows 8.1. Tried to automatically repair the problem using windows built in troubleshooting tool. Prompted an information that automatic repair could not repair this computer.
- Reconnected the Samsung SSD cables.
- Pulled out the Samsung SSD and hooked it via Sata adapter to my laptop:
- Ran diskmgmt.msc command, checked partitions. There is a system partition of 300 mb which lists 0 items upon opening and an unknown size partition that prompts read error when trying to access. System partition has NTFS file system and the unknown size partition has RAW file system.
- Ran hdtune, checked overall health of the drive using S.M.A.R.T. data as well as checked for bad sectors. All fine.
- Hooked drive back to pc, booted to windows 8.1 from usb thumb drive:
- Accessed command prompt and tried the following :
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
andbootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bcdedit /export C:/BCD_Backup
C:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:/boot/bcd bcd.old
bootrec /Rebuild Bcd
All operations were successful. However, in command prompt there was an information that
'total identified Windows installations: 0'
- From windows 8.1 installer I have chosen troubleshoot and tried to boot up windows 8.1 in multiple types of safe mode. However I was always given the following information:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem :
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click 'next'.
3. Click Repair your computer
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
status: 0xc000000f
info: the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem :
1. Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click 'next'.
3. Click Repair your computer
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
status: 0xc000000f
info: the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
P.s. I did follow this tutorial on converting RAW file system back to NTFS, tried to perform automatic repair without any positive output (even log file is not saved...). I swear that it seems like Windows 8.1 is just a windows vista with new theme. Why can't you guys just focus on modifying the core of the system so it provides better security and stability overall ?
There are no alternatives to Windows when it comes to budget computers. Even most programs don't have their alternative versions for mac or ubuntu. I think that if Microsoft holds a huge monopol on the market and you - as a user - basically can't escape it then they should release quality products. One day people will get anger spasms, survive few months without pc and buy something that suits their needs better. Where is customer support for the faulty thing I bought ?
I kindly ask for help as I've ran out of ideas. Thanks in advance.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Genuine Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel I3 2x 3.3GHZ (LGA 1155)
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte H61
- Memory
- Geil Dragon 2x4GB 1333mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GT630 1GB
- Sound Card
- Integrated realtek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Benq and LG
- Hard Drives
- 2SSD's and 1 HDD
- PSU
- Corsair 450 watt
- Case
- Logic B38
- Cooling
- original
- Keyboard
- Logitech K120
- Mouse
- Logitech G5 rev.1
- Internet Speed
- 40 mbit
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Avira