PC Specs:
Seagate Barracuda 7200 HDD (320 gigs)
G31 Chipset Motherboard
4 gigs DDR2 RAM
Zotac GT 710 Graphics (2 GB DDR3)
Windows 10 64-Bit
I was facing frequent BSOD on my PC until it stopped booting completely. So I thought Windows is corrupted, I reinstalled Windows. After 1 Day, even the fresh install got corrupted. I repeated the process, it got corrupted again. Even the chkdsk was failing. BSOD in the middle of chkdsk.
I felt my HDD is causing these problems. So using diskpart clean command, I wiped the entire disk, created new partitions, installed Windows. Still no luck. Sudden BSOD, and on reboot, the system would not detect the HDD, and I would have to power down and turn on again in order for it to work.
I thought my HDD has reached the end of its life, so in order to verify if there's still some juice left it in, I installed Seagate SeaTools on Windows.
SMART - Pass
SDST - Fail
Short Generic - Pass
Long Generic - Fail
So I booted into SeaTools bootable version using a USB flash drive.
This time,
SMART - Pass
SDST - Fail
Short Generic - Pass
Long Generic - Pass
Still, I ran a Fix All - Long on the drive. Afterwards, all tests were passing, just the SMART started failing this time. I ignored it, booted into Windows, still no luck.
I decided to do a hard format, writing zeroes on the HDD using SeaTools. This process failed at 0.1%, and thereafter the HDD did not get detected. Apparently SeaTools permanently killed the HDD.
So I created a Windows-to-Go USB Drive, configured Windows on it and used it for 1-2 days, it worked perfectly fine. I deduced that the Motherboard and RAM are perfectly fine, it was only the HDD that was causing problems,
I replaced the HDD with a Seagate Pipeline 500 gigs, installed Windows 10 on the new HDD, it worked fine for one day.
On Day 2, I haven't got any BSOD so far, but PC suddenly freezes sometimes and then I have to power down and turn on again in order for it to work.
This has left me confused. I am unable to figure out what is causing problems to my PC.
Seagate Barracuda 7200 HDD (320 gigs)
G31 Chipset Motherboard
4 gigs DDR2 RAM
Zotac GT 710 Graphics (2 GB DDR3)
Windows 10 64-Bit
I was facing frequent BSOD on my PC until it stopped booting completely. So I thought Windows is corrupted, I reinstalled Windows. After 1 Day, even the fresh install got corrupted. I repeated the process, it got corrupted again. Even the chkdsk was failing. BSOD in the middle of chkdsk.
I felt my HDD is causing these problems. So using diskpart clean command, I wiped the entire disk, created new partitions, installed Windows. Still no luck. Sudden BSOD, and on reboot, the system would not detect the HDD, and I would have to power down and turn on again in order for it to work.
I thought my HDD has reached the end of its life, so in order to verify if there's still some juice left it in, I installed Seagate SeaTools on Windows.
SMART - Pass
SDST - Fail
Short Generic - Pass
Long Generic - Fail
So I booted into SeaTools bootable version using a USB flash drive.
This time,
SMART - Pass
SDST - Fail
Short Generic - Pass
Long Generic - Pass
Still, I ran a Fix All - Long on the drive. Afterwards, all tests were passing, just the SMART started failing this time. I ignored it, booted into Windows, still no luck.
I decided to do a hard format, writing zeroes on the HDD using SeaTools. This process failed at 0.1%, and thereafter the HDD did not get detected. Apparently SeaTools permanently killed the HDD.
So I created a Windows-to-Go USB Drive, configured Windows on it and used it for 1-2 days, it worked perfectly fine. I deduced that the Motherboard and RAM are perfectly fine, it was only the HDD that was causing problems,
I replaced the HDD with a Seagate Pipeline 500 gigs, installed Windows 10 on the new HDD, it worked fine for one day.
On Day 2, I haven't got any BSOD so far, but PC suddenly freezes sometimes and then I have to power down and turn on again in order for it to work.
This has left me confused. I am unable to figure out what is causing problems to my PC.
Can't go past the windows loading screen, or at most the lock screen.
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