Hey, for like the 8th time now I've had to format my computer due to a blue screen error. The last error was HAL.dll missing or corrupted. My boot sector or whatever the correct name for it is, keeps getting corrupted and it will never repair, it just freezes at 2% and keeps looping. The drive I am using is the Corsair 240GB FORCE 3 SSD and I am not sure if the problem is due to SSD being bad or my motherboard being too old. I have the ASUS Striker II Extreme if anyone knows what could be causing this problem, can you give me help on this please.
My second problem is, on my latest format, Windows 8 refuses to activate, it claims I cannot do a clean install and this is what I have been doing all the time. The other thing is that I cannot complete a Windows update, when it restarts, it says it has failed and rolls back the changes. I am not sure if this is because it wont activate but.
Oh one more thing, now Windows has a problem with showing my real location, so I am getting the wrong weather reports and so on.
One more thing I forgot to mention, I can't even check my system rating. Last time I did I check before the format my system was rated as 6.6, that was my lowest rated hardware and that was the SSD. Is that a normal score for an SSD?
My second problem is, on my latest format, Windows 8 refuses to activate, it claims I cannot do a clean install and this is what I have been doing all the time. The other thing is that I cannot complete a Windows update, when it restarts, it says it has failed and rolls back the changes. I am not sure if this is because it wont activate but.
Oh one more thing, now Windows has a problem with showing my real location, so I am getting the wrong weather reports and so on.
One more thing I forgot to mention, I can't even check my system rating. Last time I did I check before the format my system was rated as 6.6, that was my lowest rated hardware and that was the SSD. Is that a normal score for an SSD?
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @3.49Ghz
- Motherboard
- ASUS Stiker II Extreme
- Memory
- 7GB Corsair
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia 660Ti
- Hard Drives
- Corsair 240GB Force 3 SSD
- Case
- Coller Master Cosmos S
- Antivirus
- ESET Smart Security 6