Windows 8 problems (no sound etc)

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godhyr

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Hi, i got windows 8.1 pc 1 year ago and yesterday my computer started crashing. I dont have a sound, if i open control panel it freezes if i go to computer settings it freezes. i cant do nothing anymore. I've tried everything what i found from google.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
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Whats the hardware specs for your machine, what was the last thing you did when it worked.


Until then, only advice is to reinstall Windows.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Kernel 4.x
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 3570K
    Motherboard
    P8Z77-V LK
    Memory
    G.skill Ripjaw Z 2133MHz 9-11-10-28
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX770 4GB Dual BIOS
    Sound Card
    Audigy 4 Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" SAMSUNG HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 progressive
    Hard Drives
    10TB total
    3 RAID arrays
    3 single disks
    PSU
    Corsair HX750
    Case
    Corsair R400
    Cooling
    Corsair H100
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ~900mbps (~115MB/s) down, ~10mbps(~1.5MB/s) up
    Browser
    Firefox & Chromium
    Antivirus
    Common Sense
Sudden crashing and freezing is often a sign of hard disk failing. The crashing would then be due to corrupted files; the freezing would then be due to the disk controller trying to read a failing sector over and over until it gives up.

If this is the case, a reinstall will accomplish nothing; in fact, it will probably fail during its attempts, as it writes to bad sectors.

Your best bet would be to find out the make and model of the hard drive, go to that vendors website, download and install any drive health app they may have, and run that ... but since you probably won't be able to install anything in the machine's current condition, you would need to remove the drive and connect it to a working PC -- and use that PC to test the hard drive.
 

My Computer

System One

Mark Phelps said:
Sudden crashing and freezing is often a sign of hard disk failing. The crashing would then be due to corrupted files; the freezing would then be due to the disk controller trying to read a failing sector over and over until it gives up.
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That's not true at all. Crashing and freezing can be caused by so many things. The disk is usually not the culprit.

Corrupt files do not cause crashes. Modern operating systems (and filesystems) detect corruption very easily.

Hard disks and SSDs detect bad sectors, and any controller in a modern system can handle it. Modern disk firmware also remaps sectors. NTFS also handles this gracefully. Info

Mark Phelps said:
If this is the case, a reinstall will accomplish nothing; in fact, it will probably fail during its attempts, as it writes to bad sectors.
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Formatting the filesystem would actually fix problems with bad sectors. During the format NTFS will mark bad sectors are bad and skip them, not write to them repeatedly until fail...

Mark Phelps said:
Your best bet would be to find out the make and model of the hard drive, go to that vendors website, download and install any drive health app they may have, and run that
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You can use just about any utility that reads SMART data. Windows also does this in the background and warns you when there are signs of failure.

Mark Phelps said:
you would need to remove the drive and connect it to a working PC -- and use that PC to test the hard drive.
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That is the worst advice to give someone with a possibly failing drive. You're FAR more likely to damage a perfectly working drive by removing it and handling it, than to discover a failing drive. You're better off booting from a USB or CD/DVD and running test utilities.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Kernel 4.x
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 3570K
    Motherboard
    P8Z77-V LK
    Memory
    G.skill Ripjaw Z 2133MHz 9-11-10-28
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX770 4GB Dual BIOS
    Sound Card
    Audigy 4 Pro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" SAMSUNG HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 progressive
    Hard Drives
    10TB total
    3 RAID arrays
    3 single disks
    PSU
    Corsair HX750
    Case
    Corsair R400
    Cooling
    Corsair H100
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ~900mbps (~115MB/s) down, ~10mbps(~1.5MB/s) up
    Browser
    Firefox & Chromium
    Antivirus
    Common Sense
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