After encountering several issues with my node’s CPU, I’ve decided to change the unit completely, keeping the ssd and the hdds. The only problem is that when I am trying to boot windows onto the new hardware, it encounters BSOD due to the change in the CPU.
Now, is it ok for the storj node if I do a windows update from the boot manager ? Will I lose the data ? ( I have installed Windows GUI onto the ssd running windows, and the node data is on a separate hdd)
What is your recommendation ?
Thanks
basically afaik, you have two things that are important, your identity files and the storagenode data… so long as you don’t loose either of those folders you should be good.
else you are basically down to following the migration guide
tho you might be able to repair windows, usually when you jump from one system to another with the same windows, its the chipset drivers and such that really act up… you might even get it up and running if you can boot it into safe mode…
and then just boot it normally afterwards as windows should find new drivers, if you can get into safe mode with a working network / internet it might even download the stuff it needs if it doesn’t have it already.
i would try that before doing anything else, it might be a 2 minutes fix.
else try to get it to repair windows, tho that might not be possible, then you are back at a reinstall or and then it should be a question of where stuff is located… if you accidentally might format the drive that contains the storagenode…
haven’t had a v3 node on windows… so not much help there.
already did boot into safe mode with networking, but when I’m trying to do check for updates, it loads but nothing happens ( as in it does not find any new updates )
I have my identity files saved on a separate computer, so I should be resuming my node sharing if I am installing a fresh windows and do the same process again ( considering the fact that my storgenode data is on a separate hdd ) ?
if you can get into safemode, then you might be good just to boot normally again… else you might have software installed that requires certain hardware… something which you might be able to uninstall in safe mode.
windows 7 or higher usually have been able to move from machine to machine with little issue, atleast for me… my best guess would be some sort of software that goes crazy and takes down windows with it…
or maybe if you got a hibernation file thats bigger than your ram… but i doubt that is even a thing… seem to obvious an error.
I was thinking maybe because I switched from amd to intel, plus the error I’m getting with the bsod is adodriver.sys, which is the system file for amd chipset.
Can’t really find a way to bypass that no matter what I’m doing. Already installed the intel chipset drivers manually, but it doesn’t seem to work.