- Feb 25, 2018
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Specs:
PSU: 750W
GPU: GTX1080
CPU: Ryzen 1700
RAM: 16GB
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk
Boot Drive: Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB Internal SSD - M.2 2280 - MZ-V6E250BW - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe)
Alright, so this is kind of a long story, but bear with me because I really need some help. I'm a PC gamer and have a custom built rig, put together by yours truly. It all started when I upgraded my CPU, motherboard and boot drive from an Intel i5, Asus P8Z77 Pro motherboard and a WD 1TB HDD boot drive to the ones I have listed as my specs, the Ryzen 1700, Tomahawk and Samsung SSD. I have three issues at the moment that could be related. I will start with an explanation of what happened right after I installed my new components and then communicate my issues. I run Windows 10, and as those who have changed CPU and Motherboard know, Windows 10 can make this process a little easier if you aren't reinstalling your OS on a new boot drive. I, however, had a new boot drive. Through a long process that probably isn't relevant, I ended up making a mistake because I did the whole process in a bad order and had to purchase a new replacement key for Windows 10. [sidenote]: Before I changed components I had two HDDs, the WD 1TB (boot drive), and a Segate 3TB. Back when I installed the 3TB Seagate I was ignorant as to how all that worked and just did what Windows 7, at the time, told me to do, which was to separate the 3TB into two partitions. The first partition 1TB, the second, 2TB. Now, back to starting up my brand new system (booting on the SSD) after purchasing a brand new Windows key, I start it up and am missing one of those two partitions, the 2TB partition. After a whole lot of troubleshooting, I end up having to use EaseUS Data Recovery to wipe the entire 3TB HDD and convert it to GPT (I think GPT, but really don't know what any of that means), which finally gave me access to my 3TB as one drive, one partition, albeit, at the loss of some nonessential data. I now have the 3 internal drives, the SSD boot drive, 1TB HDD and the 3TB HDD. The first issue: I can't uninstall the Windows OS that remains on the 1TB HDD and would like to clear that off the system. Second issue, which is related to the third: I game through the gaming software called Steam and am trying to install a 55GB game on my 3TB HDD, but am getting a disk write error. When I get this disk write error, Steam locks up and goes unresponsive, I'm lucky if it lets me exit without having to task manager kill it, and continues to lock up until I restart my entire computer. Once I restart my entire computer, I come back and am missing my 3TB HDD. It is nowhere to be found. I have to physically open my computer case, unplug and plug back in my Sata cable from the 3TB HDD, reboot the PC and only then will I have access to the 3TB again. Please help me. I have tried installing the 55GB game on a completely different drive, an external 4TB hard drive, and I get the same error, same missing 3TB HDD and same "solution" of unplugging and plugging back in the Sata cable. I would like to play this game and I would like to avoid having to mess with my Sata cables, has anyone dealt with this issue or a similar one? I'm at wits-end with this one...
P.S.
I have tried setting up compatibility mode for Steam to run as administrator already and still have the issues.
PSU: 750W
GPU: GTX1080
CPU: Ryzen 1700
RAM: 16GB
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk
Boot Drive: Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB Internal SSD - M.2 2280 - MZ-V6E250BW - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe)
Alright, so this is kind of a long story, but bear with me because I really need some help. I'm a PC gamer and have a custom built rig, put together by yours truly. It all started when I upgraded my CPU, motherboard and boot drive from an Intel i5, Asus P8Z77 Pro motherboard and a WD 1TB HDD boot drive to the ones I have listed as my specs, the Ryzen 1700, Tomahawk and Samsung SSD. I have three issues at the moment that could be related. I will start with an explanation of what happened right after I installed my new components and then communicate my issues. I run Windows 10, and as those who have changed CPU and Motherboard know, Windows 10 can make this process a little easier if you aren't reinstalling your OS on a new boot drive. I, however, had a new boot drive. Through a long process that probably isn't relevant, I ended up making a mistake because I did the whole process in a bad order and had to purchase a new replacement key for Windows 10. [sidenote]: Before I changed components I had two HDDs, the WD 1TB (boot drive), and a Segate 3TB. Back when I installed the 3TB Seagate I was ignorant as to how all that worked and just did what Windows 7, at the time, told me to do, which was to separate the 3TB into two partitions. The first partition 1TB, the second, 2TB. Now, back to starting up my brand new system (booting on the SSD) after purchasing a brand new Windows key, I start it up and am missing one of those two partitions, the 2TB partition. After a whole lot of troubleshooting, I end up having to use EaseUS Data Recovery to wipe the entire 3TB HDD and convert it to GPT (I think GPT, but really don't know what any of that means), which finally gave me access to my 3TB as one drive, one partition, albeit, at the loss of some nonessential data. I now have the 3 internal drives, the SSD boot drive, 1TB HDD and the 3TB HDD. The first issue: I can't uninstall the Windows OS that remains on the 1TB HDD and would like to clear that off the system. Second issue, which is related to the third: I game through the gaming software called Steam and am trying to install a 55GB game on my 3TB HDD, but am getting a disk write error. When I get this disk write error, Steam locks up and goes unresponsive, I'm lucky if it lets me exit without having to task manager kill it, and continues to lock up until I restart my entire computer. Once I restart my entire computer, I come back and am missing my 3TB HDD. It is nowhere to be found. I have to physically open my computer case, unplug and plug back in my Sata cable from the 3TB HDD, reboot the PC and only then will I have access to the 3TB again. Please help me. I have tried installing the 55GB game on a completely different drive, an external 4TB hard drive, and I get the same error, same missing 3TB HDD and same "solution" of unplugging and plugging back in the Sata cable. I would like to play this game and I would like to avoid having to mess with my Sata cables, has anyone dealt with this issue or a similar one? I'm at wits-end with this one...
P.S.
I have tried setting up compatibility mode for Steam to run as administrator already and still have the issues.
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