Frequent Crash to Desktop
Hi all, I am experiencing frequent, random crashes. There appears to be no pattern that I can tell. I am not using any custom content or mods. I have listed Origin and Sims 4 as exceptions in AVG. I...
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@CobbyCrane I recommend you get a bigger system storage device. Windows gets very upset when you start crowding it. Basically Windows starts allocating resources (rather then allocating those resources on the fly) when Windows feels resources are below certain levels. Once allocated those resources (space on the system device is a resource that is controllable by the Windows operating system) are locked. You might not be using those resources at the moment but if those resources were to be used by other apps the operating system could (and does) crash. These algorithms are extremely complex so much so I think even Microsoft engineers don't understand them anymore. What I am saying I would NEVER sell a casual Windows user a gaming system with a 120Gb system device. While this may work in a student computer (unless the student is writing an extremely large thesis), eventually there will be issues (not if - it will happen). I recommend you try a larger (much larger) system storage device and see if you still have issues.
I actually have a 100 GB SSD with my OS, 1 TB HDD, and a 500 GB SSD. The Sims 4 is on the 500 GB SSD which is only 25% full. None of my drives are over 50% full at the moment.
@CobbyCrane The boot device can be changed but I don't recommend running your system like that as applications tend to make assumptions about where files should be. When you power on the computer after the post the computer tries to read track 0 sector 0 of the designated system device (usually c: 99.9% of the time). The uefi is just a beefed up bios to handle storage devices over 2.2Tb. This becomes the device where all the buffers and temp files get stored. It doesn't matter where you install the application (game), temp files will still be created and stored on the system device. The game stores user game data on the system device by default. This folder will probably get bigger as you add to the game and save games and store temp files as the game play progresses. Yes you can move it by using symbolic link but I don't recommend casual Windows users to use these advanced techniques. With the normal running of the Windows operating system there is many files being created on the system device. Some of the files may never get deleted. Downloads may never get cleaned. If you redownload the same file the original file will probably get over written. This is just a small sample of the Windows operating system. Some files or buffers have to be contiguous and the maximum size has to be defined when the system is loaded. IMO a 100Gb system device is too small for a gaming computer as the Windows operating system bloats - this is just what it does. Sooner or later (probably sooner) Windows is going to complain. If a 100Gb storage device is sufficient why do storage device densities continue to increase? With a 4Tb device there is no need for multiple partitions (4Tb - that is a lot of MP3 files).
