File stuck on PC

[latent depot]

Do you care about what else is on the drive? If not just format the drive.

[wraith tinsel]

No, I want to wipe it clean

[latent depot]

So format it..

Doing shit the hard way.

[wraith tinsel]

I don't know how

I tried yt and stuff but everyone wants me to pay money for a crappy file shredder that probably won't work

[latent depot]

Right click the drive, format, quick format

Done.

Like 30 seconds.

[wraith tinsel]

alright hold on, there is one file that I kind of care about, its kinda important but not really but I may need it later so let me move it and ill tell you if it works

[latent depot]

Don't.. Don't do a real format it will take all day in the most literal sense of that statement.

I mean it's 2am by me I'm about to fall asleep so someone else wakes up and can help.. But my suggestion is just format it, it won't care what's left and just wipe it.

[wraith tinsel]

I'll try, i just moved the file and my pc is doing this where it slows down randomly and i have to restart it

[wraith tinsel]

this good?

[latent depot]

Yes.

Name it whatever.

"label"

[latent depot]

Yes.

[wraith tinsel]

🙃

[latent depot]

Unless it's being used by your os.

[wraith tinsel]

Is it?

[latent depot]

Idk is it?

[wraith tinsel]

I don't know how to check

I know really nothing about this

[wraith tinsel]

It say's it is here

[latent depot]

Nor do I.. If it's from your old pc and it has windows on it that's a whole other problem.

[wraith tinsel]

Yes it has windows on it

[latent depot]

Kay well that's why you are having all these issues.

You might have to format it from your bios if it even has that option.

[wraith tinsel]

it might?

do I check?

[latent depot]

Also make sure it didn't boot into that drive on accident.

[wraith tinsel]

what does that mean

like main the drive?

[latent depot]

Yes make sure you are still booting into your normal main drive, and not that drive from the old pc.

[wraith tinsel]

okay let me enter the bios

[latent depot]

Also I have no idea where your format from bios option would be I don't think they all even have it.

[ebon hull]

are you certain you are on the right drive? windows is using the drive, which must mean it was already in use

[wraith tinsel]

if it is then that might be bad

it takes a bit to load, my pc is pretty old but it’s still good i guess

okay i’m in the bios, where do i look

[latent depot]

Boot options.

Make sure it's not the drive you are trying to wipe.

[latent depot]

Could also just hotswap it tbh..

[ebon hull]

how would you not know if it booted into the old drive?

[wraith tinsel]

no idea where that is

[latent depot]

-rubs eyes-

[wraith tinsel]

34° C for a cpu, jesus

i’m no pro at this so go easy on me

[latent depot]

That's very normal..

Hit f8

"boot menu"

[ebon hull]

34c is less than body temperature. not sure if you think that is hot

[wraith tinsel]

okay so let me give you another problem with that

60% keyboard

[latent depot]

Just click it the.

My lord.

[wraith tinsel]

what do i click

[latent depot]

....

[wraith tinsel]

well i mean i guess so

[wraith tinsel]

i don’t learn easy, like at all

[ebon hull]

the bios already has the m.2 set as boot priority

[wraith tinsel]

do i search it?

[latent depot]

Just unplug the old drive

[ebon hull]

@latent depotright side of the bios shows m.2 as boot priority

[latent depot]

Go into windows wait for that all too load.

[wraith tinsel]

do i unplug it rn?

[latent depot]

Replug old drive in, format it.

Yes.

[wraith tinsel]

would windows try to main that drive?

even if there’s nothing on it

[latent depot]

Windows isn't doing anything u are in the bios.

[ebon hull]

the bios would do that but it defaults to m.2 bootable drives first

[wraith tinsel]

wait the sata cable?

[latent depot]

I don't care what cable unplug it.

[latent depot]

Either way the pc will stop seeing it.

[wraith tinsel]

it’s hard to see

but i’ll try the sata cable

[ebon hull]

that red cable is the sata data cable

[wraith tinsel]

so i unplug both?

[latent depot]

Stock amd cooler is yikes.

Just one.

[wraith tinsel]

ok i unplugged the data cable

[ebon hull]

the larger black one is for power, connected to the drive next tot he red cable

[latent depot]

I don't care what one.

Now boot into your pc the normal way

[wraith tinsel]

like graphics cards?

[ebon hull]

no

[wraith tinsel]

do i turn it off and then back on?

or save and exit

[ebon hull]

on the hard drive whjere the red cable is, next to that is the power cable to power the drive

[wraith tinsel]

it’s so dusty i can’t tell what’s what

[latent depot]

Wait for windows to figure it's life out, replug the hdd Sata cable in, give windows like 5 minutes to find the drive, format it.

[ebon hull]

there is only 2 cables connected to the hard drive...

[latent depot]

If it tells you it can't again, you have a whole other issue.

[wraith tinsel]

hdd sata cable?

[latent depot]

...

[wraith tinsel]

ohh that black one

[latent depot]

The brick is called a hard drive..

[wraith tinsel]

how do i know when windows figures it out

[latent depot]

Idk give it a minute? When all your start up shit is done loading idk what you all have.

[wraith tinsel]

where do i look to see if it’s done

[ebon hull]

windows gives a prompt on the bottom right that it's installing the drive to make it available for use

[latent depot]

Not like I'm asking you to decypher quantum physics here my guy..

[ebon hull]

you already have the drive connected

[wraith tinsel]

i don’t know what that is

[wraith tinsel]

but i disconnected it

[latent depot]

... It's too early for this..

Just boot... Into windows.

[wraith tinsel]

i can’t

i’m not a pc pro

[ebon hull]

ok so if you dont see the ST500 where it says sata6G, it is disconnected

[wraith tinsel]

where is ST500

[latent depot]

Stop

[wraith tinsel]

oh storage info

[latent depot]

Just boot into fucking windows.

[ebon hull]

in the middle of that screen shot you gave us

[wraith tinsel]

everything’s good?

save and exit?

[ebon hull]

press f10, click save exit

[latent depot]

Idc if it is or isn't you haven't changed anything besides unplugging a drive.

[wraith tinsel]

it says i haven’t made any xhanges

do i unplug the black part that’s plugged into the drive to make sure?

[latent depot]

Yeah I know I just said that.

No just..

[wraith tinsel]

oh

[latent depot]

Boot

Into

Fucking

Windows

[wraith tinsel]

okay i am

hold on i gotta enter my pin

it takes like 30 seconds to load

idk why but it just takes a bit to boot up, my screens like barely visible and it stays like that for a minute

[ebon hull]

if it takes 30 seconds to load with an m.2 ssd, you have some issues your pc needs resolving, but worry about that later

[latent depot]

Now, when windows is doing starting all it's random startup stuff like steam discord whatever you all have going, then plug the hard drive back in, find it in mypc/this pc, and format it.

[wraith tinsel]

the drive is gone

okay let me plug it in

[ebon hull]

he just told you to plug it in

[latent depot]

BECAUSE IT'S NOT PLUGGED IN

[wraith tinsel]

wait

does it matter which motherboard says cable

[latent depot]

Use some common sense please.

[wraith tinsel]

sata*

[wraith tinsel]

IDK PCS

i code with c# im not used to this

[latent depot]

Just plug the damn red one back in.

[wraith tinsel]

ok i did

there drive isn’t showing up

but it’s plugged in?

[latent depot]

Windows will configure it in like 30 seconds, it will then let you format it.

Refresh the explorer

[wraith tinsel]

with my luck, it’s never gonna show up

[wraith tinsel]

u can do that?

oh i see

i refreshed and it’s not there

did i break the drive?

[latent depot]

Did you unplug the black one also?

[wraith tinsel]

no

[latent depot]

Is it spinning?

[wraith tinsel]

i thought i didn’t need to

my fan?

[latent depot]

The drive..

[wraith tinsel]

drives can spin?

[latent depot]

.....

[wraith tinsel]

what do you mean by spin😭

[latent depot]

I can literally see the disc in the hdd from your picture..

Yes, they spin.

[wraith tinsel]

wtf where

[ebon hull]

hdd have moving parts inside that spin real fast and data is written to it

[wraith tinsel]

inside? there’s a mini fan?

so i need to go into bios to check don’t i

[latent depot]

I'm not answering these questions..

[ebon hull]

forget about spinning... is the drive plugged in with both cables

[wraith tinsel]

idk what a hdd is

[wraith tinsel]

yes

i’m refreshing and it’s not there

[ebon hull]

ok... unplug the black one, wait 15 seconds then plug it back in

[latent depot]

The big ass brick of a drive oyu are trying to format is called a hdd..

[wraith tinsel]

i broke it didn’t i

[wraith tinsel]

ok hold on

[wraith tinsel]

oh

i don’t understand

this is too much i can’t

[latent depot]

Clearly

[wraith tinsel]

ok i unplugged it

[ebon hull]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615vgORG9XL.jpg

hard drive

hdd

[wraith tinsel]

where’s the fan

[latent depot]

Plug it back in.

WHAT FAN

I said disc

[wraith tinsel]

i thought there was fans inside of it

[latent depot]

Read

[ebon hull]

nobody but you said anything aobut a fan

[wraith tinsel]

do i plug it back in?

[latent depot]

Yes

[wraith tinsel]

ok hold on

oh shit we have a problem

[latent depot]

Again clearly.

[wraith tinsel]

it may or may not have fell down there

and i can’t reach it

and i have no idea how to open this box

i damaged it trying to once

[latent depot]

Kay well you are sol till you figure it out, I'm going to bed.

[ebon hull]

what... did you unplug your gpu?

[wraith tinsel]

no it’s stuck

[ebon hull]

huh?

how did you lose cables that were literally right there?

[latent depot]

No he didn't, his gpu just only needs one plug.

[wraith tinsel]

well i used a screw driver to pull it up once and it fell back down immediately because it was being pulled

[latent depot]

So the other is just ziptied there.

[wraith tinsel]

yeah i think

i’ve never gotten into that box before

[latent depot]

The side panels are normally held on by two thumb screws in the back.

Considering I have 0 clue what case you have idk if that's true or not.

[ebon hull]

that box is where the power supply is

[wraith tinsel]

it’s a prebuilt

[latent depot]

I'm going to bed, hopefully optic can figure your life out.

[wraith tinsel]

i’m gonna try to get in it

[wraith tinsel]

no one can figure out my problems

[ebon hull]

open the side panel on the other side

[wraith tinsel]

hold on i have a screwdriver

[latent depot]

Thumb screws.. Back of pc..

[wraith tinsel]

okay hold on

[ebon hull]

the side cover

not the back of the pc

the side

[wraith tinsel]

hold on i need the right screw driver

[ebon hull]

you know how like you took off the current side you are fiddling around in

[wraith tinsel]

yeah i took it off once and didnt put it back on

[ebon hull]

and im saying take off the other side to get the cable and push it through the top of the box

[wraith tinsel]

okay hold on

i had the screwdriver idk where it went

i think i stripped one of them trying to use a flathead screwdriver

found one

[ebon hull]

you will need to find the cable. also.... turn the pc off before you mess with all those power cables

[wraith tinsel]

i’ll be fine, i’m just cutting zip ties not cables

[ebon hull]

no

turn the pc

dont risk it

[wraith tinsel]

okay

i cut it

[ebon hull]

just feed it though the hole now and plug it into the drive

before you put the panel back on, make sure everything is working

[wraith tinsel]

alright hold on

may i install another hard drive while im at it?

i need a lot of room for pictures of toads

[ebon hull]

also turn the pc on after the drive is plugged in and then make sure everything is working

[wraith tinsel]

but if i plug it in before it turns on, what if it mains that drive?

[ebon hull]

honestly dont mess with other drives until you get this one sorted out

[wraith tinsel]

ur right

i was gonna add 2 more

[ebon hull]

i gotta take off soon, ill try to find a decent tutorial on formatting a drive and also activating new drives once you are ready to install the new drives

[wraith tinsel]

i can’t get a break

i lost the screws

okay i plugged the hard drive in both cables

do i turn on the pc?

[ebon hull]

only way to find out of it's working

[wraith tinsel]

alright

[wraith tinsel]

wait but what if windows connects to the drive i connected it to

and then i can’t format it

okay it showed up

btw what is system reserved?

[wraith tinsel]

it’s still giving me the same issue

[ebon hull]

how many drives is it showing in total?

i see only your windows drive

[wraith tinsel]

i only have 3

[ebon hull]

holy fuck

dude... no wonder your system is slow

[wraith tinsel]

LOL

[ebon hull]

you have only 7GB left on your os drive

[wraith tinsel]

yeah i know its bad

but you cant blame me

the pc i boughts reviews complained about the storage

458GB isnt a lot

[ebon hull]

press the windows key on your keyboard and then x

[ebon hull]

you should get a menu that has management tools. the one you want is disk management

[wraith tinsel]

is it on there?

[ebon hull]

do you know how to read?

[wraith tinsel]

oh I didn't see it

LOL

ok it shows this

the more i look at it the more braindead it makes me

[ebon hull]

have you opened that drive to see what is on it yet?

E:

[wraith tinsel]

yeah, it was nothing really, just a bunch of windows stuff

these things wont budge

at all

shits so old it has internet explorer still

[ebon hull]

something on it is telling windows to activate files on it, preventing you from formatting the drive

[wraith tinsel]

im never finding it trust me. theres ATLEAST 50,000 files on it

when i tried deleting everything it went over 65 thousand or something, i aborted it because it wasn't working

[ebon hull]

you know what? why dont you set this drive aside and install your new drives instead

[wraith tinsel]

the other ones are the same thing

theyre coming from the same pc

so im pretty sure that wont be any help..

[wraith tinsel]

I really wasn't lying

[ebon hull]

if they were not the OS drive on the old pc, it wont have the same issue

or it shouldnt

you will need to format that old windows drive another way that is easy for you. i dont have the energy to help you. i need to get to bed after feeding my cats

[wraith tinsel]

oh no i meant like, i had 3 pcs that were all bought at the same time, same brand everything, me and my mom used them and we had a spare, and i just took them out

[wraith tinsel]

that will literally be impossible with my luck(trust me), but sure I can try

hmm i'll let you know when i do it(never), but i'll try my best

[ebon hull]

it's easy to do if you know what you're doing

[wraith tinsel]

that's right but when my lucks involved it doesn't matter what im good at, it'll get in the way and throw me off

[ebon hull]

there are tutorials, but i dont know if they will help with your particular situation in a way that you can understand because of likely needing to use the command prompt to input commands manually (copy paste)

[wraith tinsel]

what about chat gpt?

[ebon hull]

that has nothing to do with windows. that can only spit out the same info you would just find else where

[wraith tinsel]

yeah ur right

i can try

[ebon hull]

i gotta take off. maybe someone else can help you later

[wraith tinsel]

not really likely but we can always hope

[wraith tinsel]

oh wait

[wraith tinsel]

does this help?

[ebon hull]

no

[wraith tinsel]

LOL alr, i found a tutorial and ill tell u if it works

[wraith tinsel]

I did it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIcJfAMWNM