Windows problems

[Nate.t]

I've been having this weird issue with windows where I have a black screen and flashing taskbar 10-15 minutes after logging in, I've tested my ssd, ram, it's a new hdd, and I've done a complete reinstall of windows and nothing seems to work, I'm hoping someone here can help because trying to look this stuff up is insanely hard

Ryzen 5 3600

Evga GTX 970

Aorus x470 gaming

Corsair vengeance rgb pro

Anything ideas help, thanks, hoping it's not my gpu so I don't have to buy a 1400$ 1650 from ebay

 

[Heliian]

Remove the HDD and try it out. 

[Nate.t]

39 minutes ago, Heliian said:

Remove the HDD and try it out. 

Wow, that was actually it

[Computer nerd from Linux]

The problem is that windows is making an index of the HDD. I am guessing that the last person who used the hdd setup an index on their computer. You have to get whatever data you have on that hdd off of there and then wipe the drive. Then, set the drive up so that it is not indexed by your computer. I had a person who I worked with set up an external hard drive with indexing on it, since he said that it made the drive faster for him. Little did he know, it made the drive crash on every other computer that used that drive, since every other computer did not have that drive indexed and the drive was having to add information to every computer's index that the drive was plugged into. This is why you do not put indexing on any drive that is near Windows 10.

[Nate.t]

10 hours ago, Computer nerd from Linux said:

The problem is that windows is making an index of the HDD. I am guessing that the last person who used the hdd setup an index on their computer. You have to get whatever data you have on that hdd off of there and then wipe the drive. Then, set the drive up so that it is not indexed by your computer. I had a person who I worked with set up an external hard drive with indexing on it, since he said that it made the drive faster for him. Little did he know, it made the drive crash on every other computer that used that drive, since every other computer did not have that drive indexed and the drive was having to add information to every computer's index that the drive was plugged into. This is why you do not put indexing on any drive that is near Windows 10.

Huh, alright

[Killertom63]

On 4/4/2021 at 4:07 AM, Computer nerd from Linux said:

The problem is that windows is making an index of the HDD. I am guessing that the last person who used the hdd setup an index on their computer. You have to get whatever data you have on that hdd off of there and then wipe the drive. Then, set the drive up so that it is not indexed by your computer. I had a person who I worked with set up an external hard drive with indexing on it, since he said that it made the drive faster for him. Little did he know, it made the drive crash on every other computer that used that drive, since every other computer did not have that drive indexed and the drive was having to add information to every computer's index that the drive was plugged into. This is why you do not put indexing on any drive that is near Windows 10.

This can't be correct. I have had this for a year now nearly (The flashyness). The issue is the "Storage Service". If you go to Services and disable it, it'll fix the issue. But this makes it so your Windows Store doesn't work. You can start the service manually to get the store working. 

 

I've formatted my PC twice because of this bug. Along with my D:/ drive, and everytime the bug comes back. The only thing I can think of is that I install some windows store games to my D:/. Which always breaks the Program Files permissions, not allowing me to install to it. So I give myself perms again. If you do this let me know, as it might be the problem. If so, I'll format my D:/ and not mess with permissions.