<p>I have just loaded the Windows version of Bitcoin Core (v22). But it fails to sync with the network. At around 6 days and 5 hours I see the following:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/U8fUu.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/U8fUu.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Please note that despite 30 years IT experience, I know nothing about crypto.</p>

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2022-05-15T23:59:44.260Z
Can you post the relevant contents of debug.log? That should provide some more clues about what the issue might be.
chytrik
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2022-05-16T18:59:46.253Z
If it takes more than six days to perform the IBD, it seems that either the computer is pretty weak or the hard drive is slow to read/write. Is perhaps the hard drive connected via USB?
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Bitcoin core fails to load
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# Bitcoin core fails to load

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-05-15)

I have just loaded the Windows version of Bitcoin Core (v22). But it fails to sync with the network. At around 6 days and 5 hours I see the following:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/U8fUu.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/U8fUu.png)

Please note that despite 30 years IT experience, I know nothing about crypto.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you post the relevant contents of debug.log? That should provide some more clues about what the issue might be.  
> **username_2**: If it takes more than six days to perform the IBD, it seems that either the computer is pretty weak or the hard drive is slow to read/write. Is perhaps the hard drive connected via USB?  

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