Regular crashes-to-desktop; need help!

[Mieleoneis]

Greetings adventurer,

I'm sorry to hear that this issue persists even throughout all of the troubleshooting you've attempted. After having a look at your system report, I noticed that FINAL FANTASY XIV is currently installed in your [D:] drive. Usually, we would recommend having the game installed on your primary drive, as having it elsewhere can cause certain issues to occur. If you are able to, I would give this a try, but if not, it might also help to try installing it on any of the other available drives that you have as well.

I hope this helps! Thank you for posting in the FINAL FANTASY XIV Technical Support Forums.

[Ceridwenae]

Thanks for your reply. I've already moved the game back to a more stable drive since making the above report (it was actually the drive the game used to run from with no problems). There is a possibility the external HDD (the D drive) might be having some issues (we're already returning another of the same drive type, purchased at the same time since it died after only a few months of use). FFXIV now seems more stable, no crashes to speak of, so I think I can tentatively say this issue is now resolved (I haven't yet had time to do extensive "testing").

EDIT: Took the whole day yesterday to play aspects of the game which have previously led to crashes, plus a few other "stress" tests. No problems, game seems stable again. Problem was likely poor HDD. Case resolved if you want move this thread to the appropriate place.