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I have had my computer for a little bit now it was given to me by a friend and recently it has been freezing with no warning the last time it froze i was able to open task manager just in time to see that my 120GB SSD was at a disk usage of 100% which to me felt like a problem considering i store almost everything on my 1TB hard drive. Im not sure if this is what is causing my computer to freeze or if it might be something else. If anyone has any solutions on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated for your input 

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I have had my computer for a little bit now it was given to me by a friend and recently it has been freezing with no warning the last time it froze i was able to open task manager just in time to see that my 120GB SSD was at a disk usage of 100% which to me felt like a problem considering i store almost everything on my 1TB hard drive. Im not sure if this is what is causing my computer to freeze or if it might be something else. If anyone has any solutions on how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated for your input 

What is the event viewer saying?

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What is the event viewer saying?

not sure what exactly to look for in the event viewer so i took a screenshot and maybe you can tell me where to go to find the culprit?11894531_1008427752510658_78921430164963

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not sure what exactly to look for in the event viewer so i took a screenshot and maybe you can tell me where to go to find the culprit?11894531_1008427752510658_78921430164963

You have 2 critical errors in the past 24 hours, what are they?  (I'm willing to bet they are "Kernal-Power" or something of that nature.)

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they are and im not sure what that means

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You have 2 critical errors in the past 24 hours, what are they?  (I'm willing to bet they are "Kernal-Power" or something of that nature.)

they are and im not sure what that means

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they are and im not sure what that means

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All "Kernel-Power" means is your computer restarted without being shut down properly.  Which is a great start, we're getting somewhere!

 

Double click on the kernel power error and find out the time, then go back and try to find "Error" field and find errors there that match the time.  Remember that the error needs to come BEFORE the Kernel Power failure.

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All "Kernel-Power" means is your computer restarted without being shut down properly.  Which is a great start, we're getting somewhere!

 

Double click on the kernel power error and find out the time, then go back and try to find "Error" field and find errors there that match the time.  Remember that the error needs to come BEFORE the Kernel Power failure.

i believe this is it with the disk as the source 11892312_1008439625842804_81902528073056

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Go ahead and do a SFC scan, this is a "System File Checker" where it will check your filing system for any discrepancies.  (assuming you have Windows 8)

 

a)      Move the mouse pointer to bottom left of the screen where you see preview of start menu and Right-click to bring up a list of Windows settings.

b)      Click on ‘Command Prompt (Admin)’ to bring up elevated command prompt.

Note: Click ‘Yes’ if it prompts for permission.

c)       In the command prompt type in the following command: ‘sfc /scannow’.

 

This will take a bit, but let me know what happens.  I'm willing to bet this has a 50% chance of solving any issue you might be having.

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Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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Go ahead and do a SFC scan, this is a "System File Checker" where it will check your filing system for any discrepancies.  (assuming you have Windows 8)

 

a)      Move the mouse pointer to bottom left of the screen where you see preview of start menu and Right-click to bring up a list of Windows settings.

B)      Click on ‘Command Prompt (Admin)’ to bring up elevated command prompt.

Note: Click ‘Yes’ if it prompts for permission.

c)       In the command prompt type in the following command: ‘sfc /scannow’.

 

This will take a bit, but let me know what happens.  I'm willing to bet this has a 50% chance of solving any issue you might be having.

so this is what ended up happening now really sure what it mean entirely (sorry responding so late i fell asleep last night)

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so this is what ended up happening now really sure what it mean entirely (sorry responding so late i fell asleep last night)

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Okay, so either 1 of 2 things has happened.  Either 1) your storage device is failing or 2) Windows has reached a unusable state.  If it was my machine I would reinstall Windows right now.  That will allow you to determine if its the storage device.

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Okay, so either 1 of 2 things has happened.  Either 1) your storage device is failing or 2) Windows has reached a unusable state.  If it was my machine I would reinstall Windows right now.  That will allow you to determine if its the storage device.

working on reinstalling windows now im guessing i should run the scan again after it reinstalls

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working on reinstalling windows now im guessing i should run the scan again after it reinstalls

I wouldn't bother, just see if you're having the same issues.

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I wouldn't bother, just see if you're having the same issues.

i reinstalled windows and i go to install the driver for the wireless card and windows keeps freezing on me

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I wouldn't bother, just see if you're having the same issues.

it seems everytime i install the driver for the wireless pci card the screen goes black and disk usage keeps spiking to like 90% 

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I wouldn't bother, just see if you're having the same issues.

update i installed windows for the 2nd time and now i cant seem to get to the login page after it needed to restart to update a driver it seems that it sits on a black screen attempting to get to login page but then just turns off

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update i installed windows for the 2nd time and now i cant seem to get to the login page after it needed to restart to update a driver it seems that it sits on a black screen attempting to get to login page but then just turns off

only thing i could do is install windows again so i went at it again and now its stuck in an infinite reboot loop i need help please!!!!

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only thing i could do is install windows again so i went at it again and now its stuck in an infinite reboot loop i need help please!!!!

The HDD is failing, I almost guarantee it.

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Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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