Primocache GUI freezing after removing cache job
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:33 pm
Windows 8.1 (freshly installed 3 days ago)
PrimoCache 9.9 (installed 1 day ago)
These where my settings:
1 120gb SSD ------ Runs my OS, and some other files and programs I do not worry about.
1 500gb HDD ------ Holds my user profile + games (I see no reason to hold my user profile under the SSD since it just data that isn't being constantly used)
SSD ---- 550mb RAM CACHE | 16kb block | Defer Write = 10s | L2 Cache 1GB (Using a partition on same SSD)
HDD --- 1450mb RAM CACHE | 16kb Block | Defer Write = 10s | L2 Cache 1GB (Using another partition on same SSD)
Before I had it on 8.1 I was on Windows 8, and it all seemed to work very well, never had a problem. Granted I wasn't using L2 Cache though. Benchmarks where on high 1,000's for both read and write on SSD and HDD.
After I installed 8.1 I was curious to see the results, if L2 was doing it job and whatnot and to see the speeds. Ran the tests, and benchmarks where pretty much shit. I would get a good write for a second, but it would always drop.
So I wanted to go back and just reset some settings, mess around with it until I had the correct settings.
I went in and deleted the cache job for my HDD. It said it would flush to disc, so I clicked ok. So I waited, and waited, and waited, and I noticed that the program had frozen up and said "not responding". So I did everything I could to just close it out completely, tried task manager, and it just would not close, so I decided to restart.
Restarted, and it just kept saying restarting for a couple hours.
I shut it down manually, turned it on again and I went through a small chkdsk. Once I got back in, everything looked normal, So I went to check my drive and I find out that my HDD got corrupted. I cannot access the drive now and gives me the error "Format Drive".
I don't mind it too much, I haven't formatted it yet, because I have multiple ways of recovering the data I have off that drive, or at least maybe be able to heal the partition to be able to access it again like normal.
But this does pose a problem for many other people. I am unsure WHY this happened, why it got stuck for any reason at all. Its a fresh install and I have barely anything on the machine, other then 2 games, and 2 third party programs.
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So I went ahead and did try to delete the cache job on the SSD too, but it again got stuck, so now it looks like I am in a pickle, because if I restart now, I wont be able to boot into the same system most likely, as it is not corrupted too.
I am not mad for any reason or anything, I am just putting it out there, I can't figure out this horrible bug. Maybe it is the defer write and L2 cache problem, I am not sure.
PrimoCache 9.9 (installed 1 day ago)
These where my settings:
1 120gb SSD ------ Runs my OS, and some other files and programs I do not worry about.
1 500gb HDD ------ Holds my user profile + games (I see no reason to hold my user profile under the SSD since it just data that isn't being constantly used)
SSD ---- 550mb RAM CACHE | 16kb block | Defer Write = 10s | L2 Cache 1GB (Using a partition on same SSD)
HDD --- 1450mb RAM CACHE | 16kb Block | Defer Write = 10s | L2 Cache 1GB (Using another partition on same SSD)
Before I had it on 8.1 I was on Windows 8, and it all seemed to work very well, never had a problem. Granted I wasn't using L2 Cache though. Benchmarks where on high 1,000's for both read and write on SSD and HDD.
After I installed 8.1 I was curious to see the results, if L2 was doing it job and whatnot and to see the speeds. Ran the tests, and benchmarks where pretty much shit. I would get a good write for a second, but it would always drop.
So I wanted to go back and just reset some settings, mess around with it until I had the correct settings.
I went in and deleted the cache job for my HDD. It said it would flush to disc, so I clicked ok. So I waited, and waited, and waited, and I noticed that the program had frozen up and said "not responding". So I did everything I could to just close it out completely, tried task manager, and it just would not close, so I decided to restart.
Restarted, and it just kept saying restarting for a couple hours.
I shut it down manually, turned it on again and I went through a small chkdsk. Once I got back in, everything looked normal, So I went to check my drive and I find out that my HDD got corrupted. I cannot access the drive now and gives me the error "Format Drive".
I don't mind it too much, I haven't formatted it yet, because I have multiple ways of recovering the data I have off that drive, or at least maybe be able to heal the partition to be able to access it again like normal.
But this does pose a problem for many other people. I am unsure WHY this happened, why it got stuck for any reason at all. Its a fresh install and I have barely anything on the machine, other then 2 games, and 2 third party programs.
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So I went ahead and did try to delete the cache job on the SSD too, but it again got stuck, so now it looks like I am in a pickle, because if I restart now, I wont be able to boot into the same system most likely, as it is not corrupted too.
I am not mad for any reason or anything, I am just putting it out there, I can't figure out this horrible bug. Maybe it is the defer write and L2 cache problem, I am not sure.