Any way to speed things up?

[Faith97]

Hello everyone!

Recently I had some driver issues which led me to the reinstall of windows 10(I'll come back to this later).
I occasionally use uTorrent (no illegal stuff don't worry) and when I do so my disk usage is at 99.
Same if I move files or do game installations.

Since this is a 5400RPM HDD you won't expect much else, but before the windows reinstall it wasn't this slow during game setups or when moving files.

Extremely frustrating since I don't have the money for an SSD setup and my hardware is okay, so I was wondering if there are some settings to make it a faster, even by a little.
Disk usage is almost always down when only browsing the web.

i7 7700 16GB DDR4, Gtx 1060 with Msi B250M Gaming Pro motherboard, Western Digital Blue 1TB 5400RPM

 

[Colif]

Download the data life guard for windows and do short and long tests. Its made by western Digital so will tell you how hdd is.

updating sata/chipset drivers for motherboard might help as well. Run MSI Live update 6 (can find it on the utilities page of motherboard web site) - it will scan PC and make sure you have altest drivers.

 

[Faith97]

Download the data life guard for windows and do short and long tests. Its made by western Digital so will tell you how hdd is.

updating sata/chipset drivers for motherboard might help as well. Run MSI Live update 6 (can find it on the utilities page of motherboard web site) - it will scan PC and make sure you have altest drivers.

Hi!

I downloaded a few drivers with MSI Live update 6, but I'm lost on how to actually install them,, and the website doesn't help with that. I think they might actually get installed automatically.

I'm doing the extended scan with the other software now.

 

[Colif]

I always assumed it installed them for you... I haven't got it myself.

Does it download Zip files? As you I would do is extract the folder and run the setup.exe (they might have another name). If it downloads applications, run them.

 

[Faith97]

I always assumed it installed them for you... I haven't got it myself.

Does it download Zip files? As you I would do is extract the folder and run the setup.exe (they might have another name). If it downloads applications, run them.

It was a little bit confusing, but I think I got it now. Hopefully it wont cause blue screen of death on startup and forcing me to reinstall windows like last time. After the data lifeguard extended scan is over, I'll get back with the results. Roughly 1-1.5 hours left.

 

[Faith97]

I always assumed it installed them for you... I haven't got it myself.

Does it download Zip files? As you I would do is extract the folder and run the setup.exe (they might have another name). If it downloads applications, run them.

Both of the tests were pass.

 

[Colif]

what bsod were you getting last time? before the install

 

[Faith97]

what bsod were you getting last time? before the install

It was something like this I think: inaccesible boot device.

My cpu had an exclamation mark and I googled it and it turned out it was a common issue with the kaby lake and Intel already had a new driver for it so I downloaded it and I fixed the issue.(not sure if it was a driver)

After that I restarted and everything worked fine.

I also had an Unkown device in device manager, and I decided to use iObit driver booster to fix it, but it said some of my other drivers were outdated, so I updated the outdated ones too.

After that my pc wouldn't boot, I only got the bsod. I didn't format my hard drive but I had to reinstall windows.

Damn my english is bad...

 

[Colif]

Driver booster isn't safe to use, better to go to motherboard makers web site and install from there. Especially since you have MSI live update, that reduces the need to guess.

Driver booster can and will suggest the wrong drivers. Its broken my install twice but I used system restore to roll back.

have you used it on current install?

 

[Faith97]

Driver booster isn't safe to use, better to go to motherboard makers web site and install from there. Especially since you have MSI live update, that reduces the need to guess.

Driver booster can and will suggest the wrong drivers. Its broken my install twice but I used system restore to roll back.

have you used it on current install?

Yes I did. I never was good at installing drivers by hand, that is why I always used driver booster.
It has screwed my system up before, now it did it again, but I am still unsure how to install drivers by hand. I bet there are thousands of guides online, I just don't like downloading 30 drivers by hand from no name sites and pasting them into my windows folder.

 

[Colif]

i would backup all your data you don't want to loose and do a reset. It only wipes C drive and will mean you need all new drivers but if you go to the MSI site for your motherboard you can install that MSI updater and know that all the drivers it suggests match your hardware

to do reset, go to settings/update and security/recovery - reset this PC. You have 2 choices, wipe it all or keep files/settings. Files are all the library folders, Settings - logins and maybe desktop wallpaper. I would keep files and settings. Which ever choice you make, PC will restart and reinstall win 10 again

Resets only effect C drive so any other hdd in PC will be ignored. Any programs or games will need to be reinstalled though you can reuse Origin or Steam libraries.

win 10 pretty good, it will try to find all the drivers for PC but its not always using the newest. MSI live updater is better. Also grab Nvidiia Geforce experience to get latest Nvidia drivers.

 

[Colif]

the only driver i wouldn't use MSI updater for is the BIOS as having an update of it fail due to a windows error could leave you with a very upset motherboard. Most bios let you update them from a USB drive but don't update bios unless you have to.

 

[Faith97]

i would backup all your data you don't want to loose and do a reset. It only wipes C drive and will mean you need all new drivers but if you go to the MSI site for your motherboard you can install that MSI updater and know that all the drivers it suggests match your hardware

to do reset, go to settings/update and security/recovery - reset this PC. You have 2 choices, wipe it all or keep files/settings. Files are all the library folders, Settings - logins and maybe desktop wallpaper. I would keep files and settings. Which ever choice you make, PC will restart and reinstall win 10 again

Resets only effect C drive so any other hdd in PC will be ignored. Any programs or games will need to be reinstalled though you can reuse Origin or Steam libraries.

win 10 pretty good, it will try to find all the drivers for PC but its not always using the newest. MSI live updater is better. Also grab Nvidiia Geforce experience to get latest Nvidia drivers.

Changed my cpu, ram and motherboard recently, and I had to reinstall windows again, like 2 weeks ago. I'm sick of windows installs for right now, but if I ever decide to reinstall windows, I'll come back to this post and do as you said. Thanks for the help.

I only have a C drive, should I make D, E etc. ? I only have 100GB left, is it even possible to create a new 'drive' and move some of the files at the same time?

Or is there a better way to back up my files?

 

[Colif]

A 2nd physical hdd is fastest way to move files as if you use 1 hdd it has to read the data, move the head and write it whereas 2 drives have one head reading and the other writing. I don't think a ssd could beat it in efficiency as the ssd only has so much buffer it can store info in before its fast tfr speed drops.

New partitions on same drive aren't backup as if drive dies, you can't access them.

Backups should be external to PC. Can use cloud servers or USB drives or an external hdd... i use 2 of these methods, all my external hdd seem to die. Use 2 cloud services and a few USB for everything I don't want to lose. Everything else is mostly replaceable

2 drives just makes reinstalling win 10 easier as if you have all your documents, music, games, movies, etc on the 2nd hdd and need to reinstall win 10, you don't lose it all. I have been using 2 drives for as long as I can remember.


Do you remember what date you used Driver booster? from memory it should create a system restore file for the time just before 1st driver installer. This would mean you can then run MSI updater and see what it suggests.

go to settings/update & security/recovery - advaced start up. Press the restart PC now button
this loads advanced startup (obvious)
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose system restore
see what dates it offers. If you lucky there one from when you installed all the drivers. Choose it and PC will roll back system settings to that day.

 

[Faith97]

A 2nd physical hdd is fastest way to move files as if you use 1 hdd it has to read the data, move the head and write it whereas 2 drives have one head reading and the other writing. I don't think a ssd could beat it in efficiency as the ssd only has so much buffer it can store info in before its fast tfr speed drops.

New partitions on same drive aren't backup as if drive dies, you can't access them.

Backups should be external to PC. Can use cloud servers or USB drives or an external hdd... i use 2 of these methods, all my external hdd seem to die. Use 2 cloud services and a few USB for everything I don't want to lose. Everything else is mostly replaceable

2 drives just makes reinstalling win 10 easier as if you have all your documents, music, games, movies, etc on the 2nd hdd and need to reinstall win 10, you don't lose it all. I have been using 2 drives for as long as I can remember.


Do you remember what date you used Driver booster? from memory it should create a system restore file for the time just before 1st driver installer. This would mean you can then run MSI updater and see what it suggests.

go to settings/update & security/recovery - advaced start up. Press the restart PC now button
this loads advanced startup (obvious)
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose system restore
see what dates it offers. If you lucky there one from when you installed all the drivers. Choose it and PC will roll back system settings to that day.

After I got the 'inaccessible boot device' blue screen I tried system restore. There were I believe 3 restore points, and all 3 gave me an error message (can't remember which), and that left me with the only way to get it working again, reinstall windows.

Right after reinstalling windows I installed my chipset and network drivers from the DVD that came with my motherboard an I used driver booster for the rest of my drivers, except a few like gpu driver.

I'm going to get a second HDD, do a backup, and reinstall windows, but it won't be in the near future.

 

[Faith97]

A 2nd physical hdd is fastest way to move files as if you use 1 hdd it has to read the data, move the head and write it whereas 2 drives have one head reading and the other writing. I don't think a ssd could beat it in efficiency as the ssd only has so much buffer it can store info in before its fast tfr speed drops.

New partitions on same drive aren't backup as if drive dies, you can't access them.

Backups should be external to PC. Can use cloud servers or USB drives or an external hdd... i use 2 of these methods, all my external hdd seem to die. Use 2 cloud services and a few USB for everything I don't want to lose. Everything else is mostly replaceable

2 drives just makes reinstalling win 10 easier as if you have all your documents, music, games, movies, etc on the 2nd hdd and need to reinstall win 10, you don't lose it all. I have been using 2 drives for as long as I can remember.


Do you remember what date you used Driver booster? from memory it should create a system restore file for the time just before 1st driver installer. This would mean you can then run MSI updater and see what it suggests.

go to settings/update & security/recovery - advaced start up. Press the restart PC now button
this loads advanced startup (obvious)
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose system restore
see what dates it offers. If you lucky there one from when you installed all the drivers. Choose it and PC will roll back system settings to that day.

After I got the 'inaccessible boot device' blue screen I tried system restore. There were I believe 3 restore points, and all 3 gave me an error message (can't remember which), and that left me with the only way to get it working again, reinstall windows.

Right after reinstalling windows I installed my chipset and network drivers from the DVD that came with my motherboard an I used driver booster for the rest of my drivers, except a few like gpu driver.

I'm going to get a second HDD, do a backup, and reinstall windows, but it won't be in the near future.