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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Video Files not giving full playback
 
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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

 Run the portable zip edition of CDI to check HD health:
https://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html


It's possible the HD is damaged.

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Away all Goats posted:

I got (multiple) cautions :ohdear:


What do. Time to replace the drives?

Yea, caution isn't good. I'd backup any important data on those drives and replace them.


Those video files on the 2TB drive may be irrecoverable. I'd try copying them to another drive and playing them from there though to be sure.

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Away all Goats posted:

Thank you for your help Zogo.

One more question though:

One of the drives listed as 'caution', the D drive, is my Windows 10 'System Reserved' partition is located. Windows 10 is installed on the C drive (SSD) which isn't listed as caution. Is that safe to ignore? Why would a partition be under caution but not the original drive?

In CDI click on the D: E: button at the top and post the screenshot of what it displays.

If the partition fails then the OS might not load properly.

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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

Away all Goats posted:



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E: used to be my only hard drive and still has Windows installed on there, even though I boot from C: now. Could that be confusing the program?

No, that wouldn't confuse CDI. That drive has been turned on/off a high number of times for its age. It's also failing so if you have important data on it make sure it's backed up.

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