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12 years ago

100% disk C:\ usage while loading game which is installed on other disk

As stated in the title my game is not on C:\ but on HDD Z:\. After the latest patch, when trying to join a server my SSD C:\ drive goes to 100% usage and the game does not load. The loading screen's animation is jittery (low fps) and after several minutes of loading I'm still looking at it. 

I find it strange that while loading a different drive is being put under load. The Z: drive stays at a whopping 0%. 

I've had nothing but problems from release. Including crashes to desktop, kicks by PB, memory leaks (yes, it's still present eventhough you say you've 'fixed' it in a previous patch) and now this issue. If it was possible I'd ask my money back. All in all this game has brought me more frustration than joy.

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Intel i5 4670K @ 4.2 Ghz

Crucial Ballistics 8GB XMP DDR3-1600

XFX AMD HD6870 1GB DDR5 DD edition

Asus Xonar DG PCI audio

Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3
Win 8.1 Pro N x64

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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.2 Premium

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  • Hi Propheticus Like you my game is NOT on my C drive but for what ever reason the game still puts a BF4 folder in My documents on C drive holding game cfgs and screen shots :/

    Like you I had same issues until I did this it was my first step to fully fix my many BF4 issues ... checked my windows for errors try this it may help you and if it finds zero then at least you know its not your windows. After your done post back as it sounds like you had almost all the same issues I had  at one time.

    Test your windows for errors
    This works in all windows O/S vista win 7,8 and 8.1 windows system file checker :]

    ...... sfc /scannow ..... ever hear of it if not your going to love this .... it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them. This little tool as well as the event viewer saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved my .... many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :]

    For win7 go to start left click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as admin
    For win 8.1 right click start bottom left of screen and pick command prompt admin

    1 - Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like origin.

    2 - Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD

    3 - This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/

    4 -After its done reboot and do it again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix ... run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...

    5- So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop now for now lol, If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow

    6 - If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow more then 3x in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format or try repair win 7 :/ But after format or repair and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between them.

    If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything and it will also fix errors in the registry :]

    dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1

    7 - When its done reboot

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