What The... (Off-Topic)

by Morpheus , High Charity, Sunday, October 25, 2015, 11:50 (3156 days ago) @ Monochron

Well, I used anti-virus programs on a monthly basis to scan, never found anything. I use PC optimizer programs to help make sure it runs safely/quickly. The only thing I haven't been able to do is run a disk defrag, because it always gave me that crap error "Can't defrag disk while in use".

Hhm, it's hard to say without more info but the fact that you have never been able to successfully run a disk defrag is not good. I don't know the circumstances that would give that error, but if you tried multiple times, and looks for workarounds to that error, and it still wouldn't run then I would be suspicious of that harddrive.

I bring this up because if the harddrive is actually damaged then a full reinstall won't fix the underlying issue. I have personally only used manufacturer tools to test harddrives, but I believe one or two of these should be able to help you out:
http://www.howtogeek.com/134735/how-to-see-if-your-hard-drive-is-dying/

It took all night, but the failed changes were finally reverted and I could access my computer again. The second I did, I downloaded this S.M.A.R.T. thing--and it says my hard drive is 'Good'! No errors or problems or anything!

What in the world is going on?!