PC under attack?

JohnG

Forgot to confirm that I do have the Windows 7 DVD so hopefully it will work as you suggest.
As touched on earlier, I was instructed by Arbico to select the partition with SYSTEM RESERVED showing when I re-installed it other day, trouble was this only provided 100mb of space which wasnt anywhere near enough and I couldnt increase it as they seemed to think I could?
The result was I chose a different partition and possibly made the wrong choice as now I notice that most of the available space on my PC (about 750Gb) is showing under the 'D' drive whilst the 'C' drive has only about 198gb of space?
Hopefully this will all be a thing of the past once I install the new hard drive :j

poppellerant

When you install the new harddrive, Windows setup won't show any partitions - just unpartitioned space which hassn't been allocated for use. Don't mess about with making partitions, etc. Just choose the drive then let Windows worry about the rest.

Your Windows 7 DVD should work fine. You may need to configure your BIOS to recognise the new harddrive, but most BIOS autodetect the drives themselves.

Just remember to boot off the DVD as the harddrive won't have anything installed that you can boot from.

Ratboy

I've been working on my parents computer recently that had all sorts of Windows (xp) issues, but booted from CD, it detected that windows was already installed, and repaired it.

(Unfortunately in my case it didn't totally work, it turned out to be a duff onboard network card causing the issues, as a new hdisk didn't cure the issues). An extra network card was added, and it worked immediately for me.

Although, in the OP's case, due to the scandisk errors, it does look to be a failing hdisk.

JohnG

Ratboy wrote: »

I've been working on my parents computer recently that had all sorts of Windows (xp) issues, but booted from CD, it detected that windows was already installed, and repaired it.

(Unfortunately in my case it didn't totally work, it turned out to be a duff onboard network card causing the issues, as a new hdisk didn't cure the issues). An extra network card was added, and it worked immediately for me.

Although, in the OP's case, due to the scandisk errors, it does look to be a failing hdisk.

Thanks for your input, hopefully there isnt something else a foot but the way things go, it wouldnt be a surprise.
I'm currently running on the reinstalled Windows PC (But with less hard Disk space as mentioned previously) it works a lot more quickly but still has a tendency to hang and yesterday, I had to reboot using the reset button (Surprised it's not worn out by now).
I also had problems with the graphics, something to do with 'Hardware Acceleration'? I tried to view the fix on Youtube but found the footage won't play either, it starts briefly but then just pauses? I looked into dxdiag (I think that was it) and uploaded drivers which the system did and that helped the graphics but still can't watch Youtube videos?
It's not a major problem at the moment but wonder if this will be a problem when I fit the new Hard Drive and reinstall Windows?
I believe I just have/had onboard graphics, should I look at adding something better and/or is it simply a matter of updating drivers as I have done this time?

poppellerant

Do you know the make and model of your motherboard?

Download "AIDA64 Extreme Edition Trial version, ZIP package" from here. It's a trial version of the software, but it's enough to get what we need. Once downloaded, extract it to it's own folder and run AID64 (it's a red icon with 64 in white writing).

One the left hand side, click on "Motherboard". On the right hand side click on the "Motherboard" icon. You should be presented with details about your motherboard. The most one I need is "Motherboard Name". Just right click "Motherboard Name" and choose "Copy Value" then paste into a reply here.

Now on the left, click "Display" then on right click on "GPU". Copy the value from "Video Adapter" and paste into a reply here too.

That should tell me what graphic card and motherboard you have and I can then tell you what drivers to download after you've installed Windows to your new harddrive.

JohnG

Hi Poppellerent, hopefuly this is the right info, I wasn't able to flw the last instructions for some reason but copied and pasted what I hope is what you need?

Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3

Intel Sandy Bridge-DT - Integrated Graphics Controller (DT GT1)


Cheers
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Ratboy

I think people are over thinking the issue; ie Pop.

Yes I needed to download the motherboard drivers, as the Windows repair didn't work. The new drivers installed OK, but on reboot, the video drivers were OK, network drivers were shot. New NIC, job done.

But there is only so far to go to try to repair Windows, and maybe a hardware issue is to blame?

Obviously your problem doesn't relate to the NIC, but other issues, as mine did, ie recent warm weather, blocked fans, degrading performance?

When people start to post information that you don't understand...try a different angle?

poppellerant

It was not me who suggested the harddrive was faulty or suggest that the harddrive should be replaced.

However, given the information provided by the OP, the harddrive does appear defective. Once harddrives start presenting signs of deterioration, they are best replaced otherwise you run the risk of unexpected loss of data. It's the computer owner/user's decision whether this is a risk they can take. JohnG has decided to replace the harddrive, probably because they are fed up of a slow computer.

I don't think determining the motherboard make/model and graphic make/model is over thinking things. JohnG has mentioned his computer being slow when performing graphic intensive tasks, such as playing Youtube videos. Such performance issues may be resolved in the latest drivers.

The reason I wanted the make and model of the graphic card, was so I could point the OP to the latest drivers. The drivers provided by Windows Update may work but are not necessarily the best, performance-wise.

Rarboy, do you have anything to suggest to JohnG that might help or even fix his problems?

Ratboy

poppellerant wrote: »

It was not me who suggested the harddrive was faulty or suggest that the harddrive should be replaced.

However, given the information provided by the OP, the harddrive does appear defective. Once harddrives start presenting signs of deterioration, they are best replaced otherwise you run the risk of unexpected loss of data. It's the computer owner/user's decision whether this is a risk they can take. JohnG has decided to replace the harddrive, probably because they are fed up of a slow computer.

I don't think determining the motherboard make/model and graphic make/model is over thinking things. JohnG has mentioned his computer being slow when performing graphic intensive tasks, such as playing Youtube videos. Such performance issues may be resolved in the latest drivers.

The reason I wanted the make and model of the graphic card, was so I could point the OP to the latest drivers. The drivers provided by Windows Update may work but are not necessarily the best, performance-wise.

Rarboy, do you have anything to suggest to JohnG that might help or even fix his problems?

I already did. Do you? No. However I'm no troll to provide no information to the OP, but refer to a poster. So, well done! Posting nothing, and nonsense!

JohnG

There's no need to argue over this lads, as Poppellerent pointed out, and after much previous help/discussion with Waddler_8, checking, testing etc it's 99% certain the Hard Disk is at fault - hence I have gratefully followed the subsequent and reassuring advice given by Poppellerent and ordered a replacement HD.
In the meantime RatBoy, you have kindly suggested, through your recent experience, that an extra network card might be another answer which I do appreciate. However, I have the hard disk on order and am keen to install that and hopefully go on from there. If there is still a problem then I will have to look at other areas such as adding a network card I guess?
In the meantime, and following on from yr Network Card point, I referred to the 'Graphic' problems I'm having with the system as it is now so wanted to investigate how I can overcome this once the new Hard Disk is in place? Poppellerent is responding to this question of which I am, again, very grateful for.
As someone who has limited tech knowledge, I obviously listen and follow the advice that points me in the right direction - Sometimes these things take time and other thoughts enter the equation but hopefully the result will be a positive one in the end.
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