File transfer problem (SSD and HDD)

[xnoobftw]

Can anyone explain to me why is my SSD getting maxed out while my game is being transferred to it from my hard drive?

When it tops out at 100% the entire PC lags like hell D:

[blu4]

NTFS formatted?

[xnoobftw]

NTFS formatted?

What's that?

[blu4]

Type of drive formatting. You should be using it.

 

Did you plug in the SSD to SATA 3 (6Gbps)?

[xnoobftw]

Type of drive formatting. You should be using it.

 

Did you plug in the SSD to SATA 3 (6Gbps)?

I should beusing it....

Yeap! The samsung magician said so!

But my drive condition is only "good" tho....

[blu4]

Download CrystalDisk benchmark and run it. Post a screenshot with the results.

[xnoobftw]

Download CrystalDisk benchmark and run it. Post a screenshot with the results.

Here are the results for my ssd!

Turns out the health of my harddrive is like... bad .... D:

Is there anything i can do to help with my HDD?

[blu4]

Umm.. What SSD have you got? Those numbers seem a bit odd..

[xnoobftw]

Umm.. What SSD have you got? Those numbers seem a bit odd..

an 840 evo!

Why? Is it bad?

[0x1e]

Here are the results for my ssd!

Turns out the health of my harddrive is like... bad .... D:

Is there anything i can do to help with my HDD?

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That 4.65GB/s write speed tho...

[blu4]

That 4.65GB/s write speed tho...

 

an 840 evo!

Why? Is it bad?

Use a different benchmark tool for the SSD. Those speeds are not correct. There is no drive on the planet that can achieve this write speed lol

 

That 4.65GB/s write speed tho...

That's what I thought...

[xnoobftw]

That 4.65GB/s write speed tho...

Is that good?

 

Use a different benchmark tool for the SSD. Those speeds are not correct. There is no drive on the planet that can achieve this write speed lol

 

That's what I thought...

I have rapid mode on

[rhyseyness]

I have rapid mode on

This made me laugh so so much.

Love it

[0x1e]

Is that good?

 

I have rapid mode on

If there's such a thing as a Golden Chip then this is it! But not just one, your whole SSD must have been made from pure gold! like solid gold.

It's either that or

The program is busted, or your SSD is busted in some way. There's no way an SSD, especially one running through Sata can be that fast.

[xnoobftw]

This made me laugh so so much.

Love it

[xnoobftw]

If there's such a thing as a Golden Chip then this is it! But not just one, your whole SSD must have been made from pure gold! like solid gold.

It's either that or

The program is busted, or your SSD is busted in some way. There's no way an SSD, especially one running through Sata can be that fast.

If i remember samsung rapid mode makes use of ram disk which explains the write speeds so small files transfers almost instantly but big files transfers at a normal rate

[Robin88]

Here are the results for my ssd!

Turns out the health of my harddrive is like... bad .... D:

Is there anything i can do to help with my HDD?

Can you go back to the SMART results and read out what is giving the caution please? It could be that your computer is having to run error correction on the files because of the HDD going bad and that's what is causing the slowdowns.

I'm amazed at just how many people in this thread have never heard of Samsungs Rapid mode and that they think that there is something wrong with the benchmark or the SSD, like seriously, you're all supposed to be enthusiasts that know about these things.

Your read speeds were really low according to task manager when you were copying the game files, it should not be that low and that's why I think that your HDD going bad is the issue.

[xnoobftw]

Can you go back to the SMART results and read out what is giving the caution please? It could be that your computer is having to run error correction on the files because of the HDD going bad and that's what is causing the slowdowns.

I'm amazed at just how many people in this thread have never heard of Samsungs Rapid mode and that they think that there is something wrong with the benchmark or the SSD, like seriously, you're all supposed to be enthusiasts that know about these things.

Your read speeds were really low according to task manager when you were copying the game files, it should not be that low and that's why I think that your HDD going bad is the issue.

I'll post it when i reach home! Thank you for your aid

[xnoobftw]

Can you go back to the SMART results and read out what is giving the caution please? It could be that your computer is having to run error correction on the files because of the HDD going bad and that's what is causing the slowdowns.

I'm amazed at just how many people in this thread have never heard of Samsungs Rapid mode and that they think that there is something wrong with the benchmark or the SSD, like seriously, you're all supposed to be enthusiasts that know about these things.

Your read speeds were really low according to task manager when you were copying the game files, it should not be that low and that's why I think that your HDD going bad is the issue.

Here you go!

Any fix for this?

Or do i have to go out and get a new hard drive?

[Robin88]

Here you go!

Any fix for this?

Or do i have to go out and get a new hard drive?

Just as I feared, your HDD is dying and there's nothing you can do about it, pull everything off that drive ASAP and get a new one.

The uncorrectable sector count means that some portions of the disk platters are unable to be read and it has to keep checking those sectors at least 20 times before it flags them as damaged, which is why the transfers are happening so slowly, because it has to stop and recheck a sector before it can move on, but that also means that the drive is dying and that at any point in the near future the drive will simply stop working.

It is unfixable, and all you can do is get the data off the drive as quickly as you can and then replace it. You might be able to run it for a while, but the longer you leave getting a new one, the more likely the drive is to fail, and I strongly recommend you get a new one as quickly as you can if you value what is on that drive.

[xnoobftw]

Just as I feared, your HDD is dying and there's nothing you can do about it, pull everything off that drive ASAP and get a new one.

The uncorrectable sector count means that some portions of the disk platters are unable to be read and it has to keep checking those sectors at least 20 times before it flags them as damaged, which is why the transfers are happening so slowly, because it has to stop and recheck a sector before it can move on, but that also means that the drive is dying and that at any point in the near future the drive will simply stop working.

It is unfixable, and all you can do is get the data off the drive as quickly as you can and then replace it. You might be able to run it for a while, but the longer you leave getting a new one, the more likely the drive is to fail, and I strongly recommend you get a new one as quickly as you can if you value what is on that drive.

NOOOOO D:

Thank you for your help anyways!

Quick question

Most of my games are saved on that particular dying drive

Would it be possible for me to say copy all the files onto a new HDD and have everything be exactly the same? (Like saved files still there ETC)

This is the list of games i have on it. (see image)

And being the lazy person that i am if i were to name my new HDD drive E: would all the shortcuts on my desktop work like before?

(Im seriously sadden that the seagate HDD (12067hrs) managed to survive so much longer than my WD one (4896hrs))

[Robin88]

NOOOOO D:

Thank you for your help anyways!

Quick question

Most of my games are saved on that particular dying drive

Would it be possible for me to say copy all the files onto a new HDD and have everything be exactly the same? (Like saved files still there ETC)

This is the list of games i have on it. (see image)

And being the lazy person that i am if i were to name my new HDD drive E: would all the shortcuts on my desktop work like before?

 

(Im seriously sadden that the seagate HDD (12067hrs) managed to survive so much longer than my WD one (4896hrs))

As long as the folder structure and the file names were exactly the same and as long as you gave the new drive the same drive letter as before then yes it would work exactly the same, Windows doesn't really care what the drive type is, as long as everything is in the correct place.

It doesn't really mean anything that your older drive has lasted longer than the newer one, drives will fail at random times and some will last 20+ years while the next drive in the same batch in the production line might not last a week, HDD's are nortorious for their fickle nature, and even Seagate has had its fair share of unreliable drives, their 1.5TB models were particularly bad, but it doesn't mean that WD or Seagate are bad manufacturers, the reliability difference between Seagate and WD is less than 0.1% and their overall reliability numbers are something like 2 or 3%, it's just that HDD's are incredibly fragile and even the slightest thing can ruin them.

I'm sorry to say that about your HDD going bad, but at least you caught it now and not after it failed and there's no chance of getting your files back.

[xnoobftw]

As long as the folder structure and the file names were exactly the same and as long as you gave the new drive the same drive letter as before then yes it would work exactly the same, Windows doesn't really care what the drive type is, as long as everything is in the correct place.

It doesn't really mean anything that your older drive has lasted longer than the newer one, drives will fail at random times and some will last 20+ years while the next drive in the same batch in the production line might not last a week, HDD's are nortorious for their fickle nature, and even Seagate has had its fair share of unreliable drives, their 1.5TB models were particularly bad, but it doesn't mean that WD or Seagate are bad manufacturers, the reliability difference between Seagate and WD is less than 0.1% and their overall reliability numbers are something like 2 or 3%, it's just that HDD's are incredibly fragile and even the slightest thing can ruin them.

I'm sorry to say that about your HDD going bad, but at least you caught it now and not after it failed and there's no chance of getting your files back.

I've had another 500gb wd drive failed on me like 2 months ago D:

Probably gonna go with a seagate 1tb for now....

thank you for your help! You potentially saved me from hours and hours of download again  

Cheers buddy! )

[Robin88]

I've had another 500gb wd drive failed on me like 2 months ago D:

Probably gonna go with a seagate 1tb for now....

thank you for your help! You potentially saved me from hours and hours of download again

Cheers buddy! )

I've had the opposite experience, every drive I've ever had has worked for so long that I only stopped using it because the space it offered wasn't enough, the only drive I retired because it was failing was a 40GB Maxtor HDD about 3 months ago, and that drive was well over 12 years old by that point and had far outlived its useful lifespan.

If I was you I would go for a 2TB drive, they aren't that much more expensive now and it'll last you far longer in regards to usable space than a 1TB drive would, but that's up to you, if you think 1TB is enough and it's all you can afford then that's fine, but if you can afford it then go for it, you'll have more space for games in the future.

And you're welcome, I just hope nothing has been corrupted by the drive failing.

[xnoobftw]

I've had the opposite experience, every drive I've ever had has worked for so long that I only stopped using it because the space it offered wasn't enough, the only drive I retired because it was failing was a 40GB Maxtor HDD about 3 months ago, and that drive was well over 12 years old by that point and had far outlived its useful lifespan.

If I was you I would go for a 2TB drive, they aren't that much more expensive now and it'll last you far longer in regards to usable space than a 1TB drive would, but that's up to you, if you think 1TB is enough and it's all you can afford then that's fine, but if you can afford it then go for it, you'll have more space for games in the future.

And you're welcome, I just hope nothing has been corrupted by the drive failing.

This is the pricelist

Which one would you get?

Be reminded the prices are in singapore dollars so yeah