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Question

My computer is corrupted ?!!!!!!

Mar 6, 2016 10:45AM PST

i have a problem with my computer :
the problem continues to happen to me every windows i install.
what happens is that a lot of programs begins to crash a lot.
and a lot of .dll files begins to be corrupted.
and i have to install another windows so i can continue working on my computer.
some details about my computer :

Ram : 4GB
processor : intel core I3-2120 CPU 3.30 GHz 3.30 GHz
Graphics Card : AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series 1 GB
MotherBoard : gigabyte P61A-D3
Windows : windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
.Net framework : i prefer .net framework 4

i can provide any other details you want to help you figure the solution of my problem.

BTW i notice that some games i had asked me to check their files to see if any file is corrupted and they found a lot if corrupted files and it happens again and again so i bought an external hard disk so i can store my games without being afraid to lose them.

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Re: corrupted
Mar 6, 2016 1:02PM PST

- What exactly do you mean with corrupted?
- In your other post you say it's a new computer? What does the shop say when you return it under warranty and ask them to fix it? It could be a hardware issue (bad RAM, bad hard disk, bad motherboard).

Making a backup of the setup program of games you bought on an external disk is a good idea, unless the corruption occurs already before you do the backup.

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Mar 7, 2016 12:23PM PST

i mean with corrupted that i think it's my computer parts are compatible and i want to check like you said that if i have a bad ram or something so i could replace it plus i already said that i didn't know the problem at the first and i didn't have the chance to return it plus i'm not copying them from the computer hard disk to the external hard disk i'm just downloading the games on my external one then i copy them and play them till a (file loss) problem occurs.

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SORRY
Mar 7, 2016 12:24PM PST

i meant with corrupted that my computer parts aren't compatible.

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Re: not compatible
Mar 7, 2016 1:20PM PST

If you know that some parts are incompatible with other parts, replace them. But then you know more than you told us in your top post.

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Sorry Again
Mar 9, 2016 5:36AM PST

i meant i want to know if my problem is that my computer parts aren't compatible or what just thinking

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Re: compatible
Mar 9, 2016 6:26AM PST

I don't think the parts you mention are incompatible. So your issues have some other cause.
If you can't find it yourself, find a repair shop and let them do it.

Kees

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Mar 9, 2016 6:44AM PST

i think they won't care for what i say they will think it's a program problem or a virus but i did a search in the internet for a malware antivirus program and made a search and cleaned my computer and i install a windows once with just the computer devices only without any other program and the windows still having the same problem i explained before plus i installed an 8.1 windows on my computer and the same problem happened but when the windows 8.1 was installed after the problem happened i couldn't even open the CMD .

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There's a slight clue here in this post.
Mar 9, 2016 7:58AM PST

You wrote you scanned and found infections. But stopped short of telling how you think these infections got onto the machine.

For example a client was claiming there was something wrong with their computer and we checked it out and found Torrent software and some nasty infections. On top of that they had installed Spyhunter and a registry cleaner.

Nothing wrong with the PC there. Unless you want to pose that a PC and Windows should not be corrupted by such use.

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Corrupted files
Mar 7, 2016 10:08PM PST

Grab a copy of memtest86 the free version....use google.
Put it on optical or usb and boot it up.
Let it fly for 8+ hrs......no errors allowed.

Check the hdd maker's site for a drive fitness test.
If there is one download the thing and run it.