My PC is slowly dying in front of me and I don't know why

[JonnyBomm]

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[getochkn]

Don't see anytthing about temps being checked.

 

[JonnyBomm]

HDD temperature was checked and is fine, and I just installed a water cooler that had my CPU temp around 20-30 Celsius at idle. I have to go to work right now but will check the CPU temperature again when I return. In the past, if my CPU has ever overheated it always shuts the computer down whereas now it will just stay on in this stuttering state

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

What does Task Manager say your CPU usage is at idle, and what does Resource monitor say your Disk Usage is?

 

[hang-the-9]

First step, try a clean Windows setup.

 

[Toastyx3]

First step, try a clean Windows setup.

do this or boot from another HDD, SSD or usb stick.

 

[JonnyBomm]

Thanks for your response - do you mean to do a fresh install of Windows? I'll have to do what I can to back up what I haven't already before I attempt that. I have a slower HDD that I use purely for storage; I will attempt to figure out how to boot windows from that.

Also, if it is helpful to know: The computer works fine in Safe Mode. When I do a normal boot, however, it is pretty much inoperable for all intents and purposes. I couldn't even manually shut down the computer down once it had started, the mouse movement was so unpredictable

 

[JonnyBomm]

Surprise surprise, I tried to force a system restore and found NO system restore points. This was definitely suspicious because I have 10GB available for system restore. I did a Malwarebytes scan IN SAFE MODE and it found 2 trojans. I quarantined them, but my computer is still a wreck in normal-mode.

Going to keep scanning with other programs because now I'm paranoid... but it might come to a windows clean install

 

[DSzymborski]

What you're doing now is like trying to fix a broken leg with band-aids. It "came to" a clean install days ago, you're just prolonging your misery at this point.

 

[Toastyx3]

dont you have an usb stick thats big enough to install windows on it? you could just boot from that. hell you could even install ubuntu or knoppix on a DVD and boot froma dvd. you just need to check if your OS is corrupted or not. malware scanning is as useless as a mans nipples. try to minimize the damage.

 

[JonnyBomm]

Sorry for my delayed response - you were both very right. The computer was gone regardless of removing the culprits. I went and purchased a proper 32 GB usb and booted from it, reinstalling Windows 7.

The computer functions normally now, but I have one more question before I'll mark as solved: it says my C: hard drive still has 1TB of data on it(same as before I re-installed windows), but I'm unable to find any of the files. Are those files retrievable in any way shape or form, or should i just format the C: drive to wipe whatever this "data" is?

 

[Toastyx3]

Sorry for my delayed response - you were both very right. The computer was gone regardless of removing the culprits. I went and purchased a proper 32 GB usb and booted from it, reinstalling Windows 7.

The computer functions normally now, but I have one more question before I'll mark as solved: it says my C: hard drive still has 1TB of data on it(same as before I re-installed windows), but I'm unable to find any of the files. Are those files retrievable in any way shape or form, or should i just format the C: drive to wipe whatever this "data" is?

did you installed a new version of windows? like going from 7 to 10? there could be implementation problems. To be honest though, i wouldnt recommend to keep that hard drive in your new system without formatting. if it was malware, it could corrupt your new OS as well. i'd go for a reset unless there's important data you want to save.

http://www.disk-partition.com/windows-10/windows-10-disk-management-0528.html

check out this link. that should solve your problem.