My computer freezes during gaming

[Prontus]

Hello it mostly freezes when im traveling and the game needs to load new location or during heavy fighting. It even freezes when I rank up in bf4. The HDD led light stops blinking and after about 5 secs it starts blinking and game continues. I believe it has to be the HDD. Thx for help

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

If you suspect the hard drive you can test it with the drive manufacturer's diagnostic software, but it's wise to backup your data first.

Seagate SeaTools for DOS bootable CD (for any make of drive): http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/

WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostic for DOS (for WD drives only) on a bootable pen drive:
Select drive model here: http://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?DL

Instructions to create bootable CD from the WD download here:
http://support.wdc.com/download/notes/DLGDiagUSBInstructionsv3.pdf

 

[Prontus]

Well I already know that my HDD has smart status bad and about 40k faulty sectors. And my second HDD only has warning but all sectors ale alright.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Prontus,

This is why you get some poor gaming performance. Your HDD could fail at any time. This is why, you need to take the data stored on the drive ASAP.
Why would you get a warning status without having bad/weak sectors? Could you provide a screenshot of the SMART report? This drive could be failing as well.

D_Know_WD

 

[Prontus]

Here are the screenshots. I used different program which didnt show the bad sectors crystal disk info did.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Well, your 500GB drive could fail at any time. You are lucky that the drive is still accessible.
It seems that your other HDD has some bad sectors on it as well. Unfortunately, bad sectors will continue to appear.

You need to back up the data stored on both drives, as they are considered to be unreliable. I believe you can still use the 250 GB one for storing some non important data.
If any of the drives is under warranty, you can just RMA it.

D_Know_WD

 

[Prontus]

Ok thanks for your help I think ill get rid of them both and buy seagate 7200.14 2TB ST2000DM001. I hope it will solve my issues.