SSD messed up Bnet HELP!

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kk so i decided to try to add a ssd to my setup.

Plan was to throw my games including bnet onto it. Leave OS (Windows 10) on the original HD.

Ive been tackling this supposed simple project all weekend. And on sunday i thought i finally got it. But was sadly disappointed when then Nothing worked completely. Im no CPU genius and windows 10 made things even more complicated.

I got a samsung 850 pro. Installed it correctly then had 40 kinds of hell with win 10 reading the SSD. Bios would say its there but windows would not. After figuring out how to allocate and format and i initialize. Also ACHI mode. I finally got it to read. SO i was excited began to cut and past bnet and WOW over to the new drive. Then i empited my recycle bin. Changed the location spot to my shortcut for bnet on my desktop and opened and it just froze right away. I couldnt type a password or anything. From then on out BNET is just freezing in the same spot. I tried uninstalling all blizzard game and reinstalling bnet onto the new drive and same out come. Then i even uninstalled again and reinstalled bnet onto original drive like it was before but still same freeze.
So now im stuck with a cpu that cant play anything. Wonderful. Any help at all would be appreciated.

What sucks is now i dont know if its the ssd failing. Or if its bnet related.

Edited by bgwilly31 - 05 Jan 2016 at 2:31pm

I'm not fully getting exactly what happened, but if you mean you installed the SSD and then dragged or cut/paste a game or program form the HDD to the SSD, then that could be the problem..  When you drag like that from one drive to another you can create path read  problems, where the SSD for example doesn't have all the info it needs.  Files get corrupted or misplaced, so to speak.  Copying a game or program isn't recommended. 

I would delete all files associated with whatever you tried dragging over to the new drive, from both drives, and reinstalling where you want it.   You might end up reformatting your new SSD.  

Not sure this helps but good luck.

If you can't even run Windows, then I would unplug the SSD and try with just original drive, then start over with new SSD install. 




Edited by bprat22 - 04 Jan 2016 at 9:08am

Thanks you guys. Im starting to think it was a problem with me just copy and pasting. Its what i get for trying to listen my friend that thought he knew best. I even mentioned before i went to copy and past if that would even work. I literally said shouldnt i uninstall and reinstall. He told me no i didnt need to. 

PS. Bnet is Battle.net. Blizzard games

if you installed battle.net originally in its default location it probably resides in your C: Program Files (x86) >Battle.net

like others have said you can't just copy/paste to another drive w/o creating path issues.  nor can you just click/drag move those files over.  there's a specific process of moving files/folders over to different storage drives.  in this case you're better off uninstalling (not just deleting) the "Battle.net" from all of your drives (make sure your entire system is clean from any remnants of this program/files/folders/etc.) and then when you reinstall choose the correct path to the new ssd.  unfortunately, you'll have to reinstall any games you have in the client.

you can use a program like CCleaner to make sure you've gotten rid of file fragments and general house cleaning.    

let us know how that goes.  


Edited by db188 - 04 Jan 2016 at 4:01pm

db188 did post a great suggestion, try to un-install and re-install Battle.NET to see if that fixes your issues.

I read somewhere that uninstalling your anti virus program temporarily was needed to uninstall BNET.   It blocks proper client cleanup.   Might be worth a shot.   

Hi Frank... I think he was complaining of the Blizzard tech, concerning their BNET. That's the way I read it.

Originally posted by bprat22 I read somewhere that uninstalling your anti virus program temporarily was needed to uninstall BNET.   It blocks proper client cleanup.   Might be worth a shot.

i dont have a anti virus client on the system never have.

Originally posted by bgwilly31 ive done that and searched every place i can think of for spare files of Bnet still no fix. Theres bnet somewhere that im not looking thats left over im assuming is the issue. Problem is just finding it.

first, go to control panel>uninstall programs and see if there's anything in there that refers to battle.net.

if not you can type in the search box "battle.net" and see if anything links>right click and choose "open containing location" (or similar wording).  if you find something see if there's an uninstaller app and use it.  if not, just delete the folder and contents and then empty your recycle bin. 

did you dl and run CCleaner like i suggested?  stay away from the registry tools, just use the main "cleaner" tool. 

you can also try and system scan and repair: in the search window type in "cmd".  when it lists, right click and choose run as administrator.  this will open up command prompt.  the cursor will auto reside next to "C:\Windows\system32" type in "sfc /scannow" and press enter.  wait for the system check to complete (takes a few minutes).  this will verify your files and find any integrity violations and replace them.  you'll have to restart the computer if anything was found and repaired. 

just an fyi, nothing is stored on your cpu.  all of your files (OS and personal) are stored on your drives (ssd or hdd).  you can run CHKDSK for data corruption or dl and run a program like CrystalDiskMark.   

Well so i talked to a DS tech in a short few emails before they closed tonight. I brought up a system restore. He suggested a windows reinstall. Will this not get rid of all my data files for the bnet app? 

thanks you for responding db. Im following your steps now. first. Quick question though. My roommate is networked to my pc currently he also plays blozzard games with bnet. Would him be networked to me affect this situation at all >? i wouldnt think so but covering all bases at this point. 

ok well im trying a restart right now. i followed all your steps. Even deleted a couple blizzard files in localapp% file. crossing my fingers.