someonesmelon You may be correct that the drive is failing, but that's not clear at the moment. This was the first clean uninstall of the game, right, even though you did a regular uninstall before? So it's possible that that's what fixed the issue, not moving the game to another drive. That was a good idea to do; I'm just saying it isn't conclusive. The problem could also be the connection or a driver rather than the drive itself.
If you want to test the drive, CrystalDiskInfo is free and very reliable. Let me know if you need instructions for using it, but it's pretty straightforward and highlights any issues it finds in red.
