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Random file corruption - Win 7 32-bit
This problem seemed to originally occur after a bsod and a consequent shut down, but I am experiencing multiple issues with corruption on a daily basis now. The second time it occurred was during an installation, during which some files became corrupted and I had to redownload the files. The third time occurred earlier today when attempting to run a game. Windows notified me that it had issues opening up a GFWL profile due to it being corrupted. Prior to this occuring I had no issues using GFWL, and also had a clean shutdown. The last time it occurred happened not even an hour after running chkdsk for the previous issue. I downloaded and installed a program. The Windows notification popped up regarding the corrupted files in the installation directory, and I ran fsutil to confirm that the drive was dirty. Each time I have run chkdsk at startup to fix the errors, and each time upon reboot chkdsk and fsutil state that the drive is clean upon boot. At this point im not even sure why it keeps happening. The only logical answer I can come to is the drive is failing, which is entirely possible since the drive is about 5 years old now (Seagate ST31000528AS). Normally i'd just run chkdsk again to fix the issue, but since the corruption happened twice today, and back to back, my next move will be to format the drive and try re-installing windows. Im not sure if this will fix the issue, but I would like some input regarding this so I know if I should replace the drive, or if it is an issue with windows. Incidentally I have run anti-virus and my system shows no viruses. Any assistance would be appreciated.