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Hi

 

Acronis and Disks Management says that the disks are healthy and a sfc scan revealed no corruption

 

svchost.exe, "System", MsMpEng.exe, and ExpressCache.exe are the highest in the I/O read/write bytes columns in Task Manager (not sure what that means)

 

Ran MWB but nothing turned up

 

Appreciate any help, thanks

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Hello,

    

 

They call me TwinHeadedEagle around here, and I'll try to help your with your issue.

 

     

    

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Please download Farbar Recovery Scan Tool and save it to your desktop.

Note: You need to run the version compatibale with your system. If you are not sure which version applies to your system download both of them and try to run them.

Only one of them will run on your system, that will be the right version.

  • Double-click to run it. When the tool opens click Yes to disclaimer.
  • Press Scan button.
  • It will make a log (FRST.txt) in the same directory the tool is run. Please attach it to your reply.
  • The first time the tool is run, it makes also another log (Addition.txt). Please attach it to your reply.
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Yes, there are some problems with your hard drive:

 

Error: (10/25/2015 10:19:18 PM) (Source: disk) (EventID: 7) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.
 
Error: (10/25/2015 08:30:01 PM) (Source: disk) (EventID: 7) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.
 
Error: (10/25/2015 08:07:12 PM) (Source: disk) (EventID: 7) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.
 
Error: (10/25/2015 07:59:28 PM) (Source: disk) (EventID: 7) (User: )
Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block.
 
 
Can you check cables and clean the dust around?
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It means your hard drive is malfunctioning. Let's see what we can do here:

2eyjdoj.png Check Disk

  • Press the WindowsKey.png + R on your keyboard at the same time. Type cmd and click OK.
  • Copy/Enter the command below and press Enter:
  • chkdsk C: /r
  • You should get a message to schedule Check Disk at next system restart. Please type Y and press Enter.
  • All you should do now is to restart your PC and let the Check Disk process finish uninterrupted.
Check Disk report:
  • Press the WindowsKey.png + R on your keyboard at the same time. Type eventvwr and click OK.
  • In the left panel, expand Windows Logs and then click on Application.
  • Now, on the right side, click on Filter Current Log.
  • Under Event Sources, check only Wininit and click OK.
  • Now you'll be presented with one or multiple Wininit logs.
  • Click on an entry corresponding to the date and time of the disk check.
  • On the top main menu, click Action > Copy > Copy Details as Text.
  • Paste the contents into your next reply.
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Log Name:      Application

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Wininit

Date:          2015-10-27 5:05:24 AM

Event ID:      1001

Task Category: None

Level:         Information

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Asus

Description:

 

 

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Volume label is OS.

 

A disk check has been scheduled.

Windows will now check the disk.                         

 

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...

  483328 file records processed.                                                        

 

File verification completed.

  11800 large file records processed.                                   

 

  0 bad file records processed.                                     

 

 

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...

  659334 index entries processed.                                                       

 

Index verification completed.

  0 unindexed files scanned.                                        

 

  0 unindexed files recovered.                                      

 

 

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...

Cleaning up 747 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 747 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 747 unused security descriptors.

Security descriptor verification completed.

  88004 data files processed.                                           

 

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

  41007072 USN bytes processed.                                                           

 

Usn Journal verification completed.

 

Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...

  483312 files processed.                                                               

 

File data verification completed.

 

Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...

  41637728 free clusters processed.                                                       

 

Free space verification is complete.

 

Windows has made corrections to the file system.

No further action is required.

 

 390243327 KB total disk space.

 222922756 KB in 218128 files.

    163616 KB in 88005 indexes.

        24 KB in bad sectors.

    606019 KB in use by the system.

     65536 KB occupied by the log file.

 166550912 KB available on disk.

 

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

  97560831 total allocation units on disk.

  41637728 allocation units available on disk.

 

Internal Info:

00 60 07 00 df ab 04 00 c5 4f 08 00 00 00 00 00  .`.......O......

f2 04 00 00 4a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....J...........

 

Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.

 

Event Xml:


  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Wininit" Guid="{206f6dea-d3c5-4d10-bc72-989f03c8b84b}" EventSourceName="Wininit" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>4</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-10-27T12:05:24.000000000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>162847</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>Asus</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>

 

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Volume label is OS.

 

A disk check has been scheduled.

Windows will now check the disk.                         

 

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...

  483328 file records processed.                                                        

 

File verification completed.

  11800 large file records processed.                                   

 

  0 bad file records processed.                                     

 

 

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...

  659334 index entries processed.                                                       

 

Index verification completed.

  0 unindexed files scanned.                                        

 

  0 unindexed files recovered.                                      

 

 

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...

Cleaning up 747 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 747 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 747 unused security descriptors.

Security descriptor verification completed.

  88004 data files processed.                                           

 

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

  41007072 USN bytes processed.                                                           

 

Usn Journal verification completed.

 

Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...

  483312 files processed.                                                               

 

File data verification completed.

 

Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...

  41637728 free clusters processed.                                                       

 

Free space verification is complete.

 

Windows has made corrections to the file system.

No further action is required.

 

 390243327 KB total disk space.

 222922756 KB in 218128 files.

    163616 KB in 88005 indexes.

        24 KB in bad sectors.

    606019 KB in use by the system.

     65536 KB occupied by the log file.

 166550912 KB available on disk.

 

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

  97560831 total allocation units on disk.

  41637728 allocation units available on disk.

 

Internal Info:

00 60 07 00 df ab 04 00 c5 4f 08 00 00 00 00 00  .`.......O......

f2 04 00 00 4a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....J...........

 

Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.

</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

 

 

Thanks

Should i still clean the laptop with compressed air or something? Also there's a bunch of warnings and errors under "System"

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FRST.gif Scan with Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
 
Please re-run Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.

  • Right-click on FRST.gif icon and select RunAsAdmin.jpg Run as Administrator to start the tool.
    (XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File).
  • Make sure that Addition option is checked.
  • Press Scan button and wait.
  • The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.

Please include their content into your next reply.

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