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Hello friends

I'm having a problem with my computer since yesterday
When I browse on windows explorer, files are all white sheet (blank icon) and it takes lot of time to load
At first, I'd though about an HDD about to die, but it does that with all my drives (C: D: E: and G: (yea got no F:, weird???))
So I'd like to have your thought, could it be actually just the C: drive that is dying? The one with Windows?
Or could it be a bigger problem? Like a CPU problem? RAM problem?

Any thoughts?

Thanks :)

PS : I have absolutely zero problem with video games, they all seem to be fine, they are all located on the E: drive
 
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Noctosphere said:
Hello friends

I'm having a problem with my computer since yesterday
When I browse on windows explorer, files are all white sheet (blank icon) and it takes lot of time to load
At first, I'd though about an HDD about to die, but it does that with all my drives (C: D: E: and G: (yea got no F:, weird???))
So I'd like to have your thought, could it be actually just the C: drive that is dying? The one with Windows?
Or could it be a bigger problem? Like a CPU problem? RAM problem?

Any thoughts?

Thanks :)

PS : I have absolutely zero problem with video games, they all seem to be fine, they are all located on the E: drive
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Try plugging in the HDD through a USB adapter and into another PC, if you can access it just fine then there must be something wrong with Windows.
 
maybe look in the default apps + all in windows. I don't know if it's on windows 11, but it's a feature in windows 10. it's also possible that the iconcache is fucked up.
 
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M4x1mumReZ said:
Try plugging in the HDD through a USB adapter and into another PC, if you can access it just fine then there must be something wrong with Windows.
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I don't have any other PCs :(
Also, are you saying it could be a problem with windows itself? As in not the hardware itself?
 
M4x1mumReZ said:
Thought you was referring to a HDD and not an SSD.
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Well, when I first wrote the title, I was thinking about my Plex drive, which is an ext.hdd
But then, while writing my topic, I realised the problem occurs on all drive, hdds and ssds

godreborn said:
go to all settings, apps where the notification pops up.
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will try
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M4x1mumReZ said:
Default apps are linked to file types that require them.
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oh that, idk, I haven't touched anything about default app, plus, it's literally ALL files that are blank icon (except folders)
 
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Noctosphere said:
Well, when I first wrote the title, I was thinking about my Plex drive, which is an ext.hdd
But then, while writing my topic, I realised the problem occurs on all drive, hdds and ssds


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oh that, idk, I haven't touched anything about default app, plus, it's literally ALL files that are blank icon (except folders)
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noticed something else
When in small icon mode, icons appears, it's only when in big icon mode that they are blank
 
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this is the reason I keep disk backups (in case something fucked up happens with the computer). it's easier than researching a bunch of ideas that fail to work.
 
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Ya, there are different possibiltys that can cause the issue. Maybe the explorer has a issue, or Windows, the drive or your Ram.

There are different tools for Powershell to scan Windows, which also will repair it.
With System File Checker "sfc"
sfc /scannow
or with Deployment Image Servicing and Management "dism" must be entered in this row :
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

For the drive run in Powershell chkdsk X: /r it checks for filesystem and sector errors and repairs them.

You can also check your drive health with Crystal Disk Info which reads the smart value of the drives.

Windows 10 has also memory diagnostic tools on board for checking the Ram.

This is a script for resetting the Windows Explorer :
Code: 
@echo off

::kill explorer.exe
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

:: To reset folder view settings of all folders
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F

Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU" /F

Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F

Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /F

:: To reset "Apply to Folders" views to default
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults" /F

:: To reset size of details, navigation, preview panes to default
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Modules\GlobalSettings\Sizer" /F
Reg Delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Modules\NavPane" /v ExpandedState /F

:: restart explorer
start explorer.exe
 
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godreborn said:
this is the reason I keep disk backups (in case something fucked up happens with the computer). it's easier than researching a bunch of ideas that fail to work.
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I keep most of my stuff on a singular 1TB SSD, I don't really have the patience, money and resources to upload to the cloud or invest into a NAS.
 
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M4x1mumReZ said:
I keep most of my stuff on a singular 1TB SSD, I don't really have the patience to upload to the cloud or invest into a NAS.
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I can't invest in a NAS, but I do have 8 10TB hdds that house all my stuff. it was really bad when my m2 drive was 512GBs. I'm using a 1TB one now.
 
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