tsff19 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Ok...about 5-6 months ago, my computer started constantly freezing and locking up 3-5 minutes after startup, forcing me to reformat my hard drive. Since this started happening after I installed fallout 3 (GOTY edition, by the way), I decided to not reinstall it. But about a week ago, my computer started freezing again, in the exact same manner. After a bit of back and forth with Dell, it turns out the hard drive itself was broken. Which brings me to today. I got a grand spanking new hard drive, but I can't help but think that its possible that Fallout 3 itself caused the old hard drive to break down. So I come to you, Nexus forums, to ask for a "professional" opinion: Is it safe to install Fallout 3 GOTY on this new hard drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skotte Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Ok...about 5-6 months ago, my computer started constantly freezing and locking up 3-5 minutes after startup, forcing me to reformat my hard drive. Since this started happening after I installed fallout 3 (GOTY edition, by the way), I decided to not reinstall it. But about a week ago, my computer started freezing again, in the exact same manner. After a bit of back and forth with Dell, it turns out the hard drive itself was broken. Which brings me to today. I got a grand spanking new hard drive, but I can't help but think that its possible that Fallout 3 itself caused the old hard drive to break down. So I come to you, Nexus forums, to ask for a "professional" opinion: Is it safe to install Fallout 3 GOTY on this new hard drive? Yeah, It should be safe I have Fallout3 GOTY installed since last year & haven't heard of any "Fallout killed my computer!" stories either. Hard drives do go bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneyLogic Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 I second that. I mean Fallout is a killer, but not on hardware. :teehee: Additional you'd check your PC temperatures frequently.Sometimes there is a bad airflow which can cause serious overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I do think it's possible for this game to kick a system over the edge if it's already on the hairy edge of failure to begin with. It's not gonna kill a perfectly good hard drive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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