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Win2k and WinXP: Both Keep Having Corrupted Login/Personal Data Files.. HELP!

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Nighthawk69

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Hi there...

I started using Windows 2000 about 4-5 months ago and it was great! I said I'd never go back... then a couple months later I had a problem where the OS would not boot because a system file got corrupted, so I reformatted and it was fine for about another month or so, then it happend again fo no apparent reason--there was no pattern! I have a virus scanner and scanned everything--nothing! Now, I decided to go to WinXP Pro and it has been fine for about a week and now it has done the same thing, it says that, when I login, my personal settings are corrupt and luckily it creates a temporary account for me to actually get back in with, unlike 2k where I had to format to get it working again.

It seems like this is becoming more frequent and I can't find a pattern... no viruses, no nothing! Just corrupted files! I am using NTFS, but the only comclusiion I can come to right now is that the hard drive is dying, maybe, and corrupting those files that the OS uses to save setting and important stuff, but I haven't had anything else get corrupted... what should I do!? This really is beginning to annoy me.... 😀

Any suggestions are much appreciated!!

Thanks!
 
I just had this happen to one of the laptops here, what that means is that your HD is about to die, BACKUP NOW!!!!


Run a HD checker utility from the makers website, that will let you know of the bad sectors and stuff.






dam()
 
Hardware failure is indeed the most likely cause here.
Any disk events in the system event log?
I'd suggest disabling write caching on the drive. This might help slow down the problem. But no guarantees.
 
OK, well at least I know what the problem is then 🙂

Thanks guys, I guess I'll have to pickup a new drive in the next few days--it won't keep any of my settings, the OS keeps recreating a temporary account everytime I log back in. Oh-well, backing up now!

Would it be possible for me to ghost over the current installation to the new hard drive and have it still work, or should I start from scratch... again?

Thanks!
 
start from scratch, thats just my opinion, i dont like to bring old bugs into new systems.





dam()
 
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