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Kevin.C

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  1. thank you for the suggestion! I went ahead and partitioned my HDD. I had been meaning to partition it anyways, I just never found the time. But now I've got 4 separate drives. 2 of which I have no idea what to do with haha. (system drive=150GB and 3 others=100GB/each, one of which i'll save for media only). Maybe I'll put a linux distro on one just for fun Funny, we still haven't figured out why my problem came to be..? Any ideas?
  2. Which program would you recommend to do this? The free-er the better
  3. So, you're thinking that my corrupted temp folder just happened to be a coincidence with my running disk wiper? I'm not sure what you're saying here. I don't have a program that isn't starting, I have a folder that cannot be used or deleted and is required for downloading from the internet. My computer doesn't really run slow either. I try to make sure it's as fast I can get it. Ok, I'll give you my response to these then. 1- My hard disk only has about 60GB full out of the total 453GB 2- I specifically went through my start-up programs and deleted everything I didn't need or at least stopped it from running on start-up. So my start-up is the fastest that I can get it. 3- This computer is brand new, as in less than 3 months old, so I seriously doubt this. 4- Also doubtful. I use firefox with a bunch of security settings along with Avast as my antivirus. (not completely thrown out the window, but highly doubtful) 5- Not quite sure on this one. I've only done the restore once, but that was AFTER this problem occurred. 6- As mentioned before, only one anitvirus so this isn't possible unless it conflicts with windows for some reason that I don't know of. 7- Possible I guess, as I do run ccleaner after every install/uninstall. (with all the options checked) 8- Ccleaner gets rid of windows updates, and as previously mentioned, brandy new computer, so not that many to begin with. 9- Also covered by New Computer. It's not used in any kind of dusty place either.
  4. Yeah, after reading a little bit about the function of disk wiper, and especially after my little problem here, I probably won't be using it much anymore. This is a big oops i guess. But I still have this problem, and I would like to know the cause and easiest fix, if just for curiosity's sake. Edit: I fixed my problem with a Windows Repair Disk, following THIS Took maybe 30 mins from creating the disk to being done. I am still interested in why this happened so I will continue to report back as needed.
  5. Ok, I wsan't sure what you guys would need for info, I apologize. So here goes Running Windows 7 on Toshiba Laptop with Intel i5 Processor (M460 @ 2.53GHz) with Turboboost. 500GB HDD. 4GB RAM. My temp folder is in the standard location, so yes on that one. I don't know of anything quirky about my setup, but if you shoot me some examples of a quirky setup I will get back to you. The Error I get is "The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable." This error makes it so that I can no longer download off the internet and some programs (Avast antivirus, some startup type programs) won't function completely (can't download updates). I run the drive wiper every so often (maybe monthly) overnight to let it do its thing. I know it makes files irretrievable, so I try to keep everything safe. If you need more info, please let me know. And @ Nergal I may have exaggerated a little when I said 10 hours. Maybe closer to 6, not sure, I turned it on and let it run while I was at class all day. I had a roommate check it around 4 hours and it wasn't done yet. And When I say restore, I mean i take a backup drive that has a system image on it and re-image my computer (keeps all my settings intact). Edit: The root for the temp folder is C drive - users - (my name) - Appdata - Local - Temp
  6. So, this is the second time I've run the disk wiper and the second time my temp folder has become corrupted. Last time I had to do a system restore (about 10 hours) to completely fix this. I know there are temporary fixes, but I'd rather just do it right the first time. So, (1) how do I fix this without using system restore? and (2) how do I make it so that drive wiper doesn't corrupt my temp folder again? Thanks for any help. Time is essential to me as a college student and I NEED my computer!
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