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My secondary hard drive reboots in a loop

M.Crofte Posted messages 40 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
jee pee Posted messages 31884 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello,

I have found some snippets of answers to my problem, answers that I am currently testing, but in case they don't work, I am outlining it here:

My OS (W7) runs on an SSD, the large data is on secondary drives (2 internal and 1 external for work). One of them, which I named E:, has a nasty tendency to reboot several times for no apparent reason. The symptom: a shutdown beep, a restart attempt, then another shutdown beep, another restart attempt,... and this can sometimes go on for several seconds before stabilizing. Then it repeats later in the day.

I checked the status of my drives with CrystalDiskInfo and it indicates "Caution" on this drive, showing unstable sectors. So, I have started the Windows verifier that is taking its time to do its job.

Do you have any other ideas that could clarify the problem?

Furthermore, the builder who assembled my PC two years ago created a folder on this drive named "Session User" which includes:
* Desktop
* Contacts
* Favorites
* Links
* My Music
* My Documents
* ...

Do you know how to move it to another drive so that Windows stops using this drive for the desktop, downloads, etc.? I ask this in case the drive needs to be replaced.

Sorry for the lengthy message, I preferred to be precise about the actions already in progress.
Thank you in advance and have a good day.

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    jee pee Posted messages 31884 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 979
     
    Hello,

    If a disk testing software says caution, it means the acceptable error threshold has been exceeded. And as you pointed out, you’ve realized it yourself.

    So, you need to back up all its contents and then consider replacing it.

    For the system user folders on the disk, if you right-click on it and select properties, there’s a location tab that allows you to move that directory to another disk.

    And you should stop all tests on this disk, as it may stress it even more.

    Best regards

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    1. M.Crofte Posted messages 40 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14
       
      Thank you jee pee,

      I just checked, and strangely I don't have a Location tab on this Session User folder. Do you happen to know where I can check the different links used by the system? Because when the disk crashes, Windows makes sure to tell me that the location is missing, so it knows it should exist. The trick might simply be to recreate this link manually on another drive.

      Thank you :)
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    2. jee pee Posted messages 31884 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 979
       
      It's not on the disk that you need to go, but in the explorer under computer/desktop,
      computer/favorites ...
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  2. nono723 Posted messages 510 Status Member 108
     
    To move your files, you need to check the settings, but look online by typing "how to use a second hard drive for my data," for example.
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