OT sort of, but FS related

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SSI01

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We had a wall of electrical storms come through here yesterday (we've got one outside right now, as well) and I unplugged my machine to protect against power surges (yes, it's plugged in to a surge strip but I take the extra precaution anyway). Started it back up again yesterday and never got completely started up - got as far as the desktop and icons, but never beyond that. Started it up again in safe mode, ran a MalwareBytes scan on all drives (13.5 hours) plus an Avast! scan on the operating drive. Everythings' clean. On a hunch, unplugged the external 3TB hard drive and started the machine - everything ran perfectly and we're back in operation.

I've checked the % of space remaining on the two drives on this machine, used space is only at the most 15% of total space available.

I'm wondering if I can get to the bottom of this by plugging the external drive back in at a later time, to check how much of its volume is used.

Any ideas on what's keeping the machine from getting over that last little "hump" to starting normally?:ques:
 
Is it set up for RAID?
I had a problem with my RAID system because I removed power before the second HDD had finished shutting down. The 2 HDDs were therefore out of sync. My son managed to get things back without doing a reload thank goodness!
Keith
 
If the issue is anything to do with the 3TB external, I wouldn't thing that RAID would have anything to do with it - just my guess. But that doesn't mean that a stray volt or two didn't go where it wasn't supposed to go. I'd try getting the PC fully booted without the external, then plug that back in and see if there's any errors generated.
 
This might seem a bit harsh, but unplug the external HD and try a windows system restore to a previous date.
Is the external HD connected through USB?
Windows should then be able to recognise a 'new' drive after re-connection.
Otherwise I would suggest to reload the USB drivers and try again...
Also you could delete the external HD in the 'components' section of the device manager, and re-install.
 
I'm halfway there, as I unplugged the external drive before starting it up this last time. What Tom is describing is what I was intending to try next. As Air Chief Marshal Harris said, "We shall see."
 
Plugged it back in about three hours ago, and am able to access it just as before - everything's working OK so far.


It's a 2TB hard drive, and 1.32TB are available, so drive capacity is hardly being overwhelmed.
 
I have 4 external 1TB drives, and it really isn't unusual for this to happen when I unplug for a coming storm, as opposed to a normal shut down. Occasionally, just a simple restart, and everythings ok. What's happening is your system is looking for operating files that it lost from memory when you unplugged. Next time it should be fine.
 
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