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Windows 7 automatically logging me off when i click on my name and try to log in

M

magomago

Lifer
Background:
(a) playing with some overclocking too see how much I could get out of my CPU. If i can't get much, plan was just to get a new CPU

(b) I was working fine for a while, kept stepping it up slowly.

(c) found a sweet spot. Decided to restart and then run prime95...now pc gets past post but hangs as if its trying to access a drive

(d) backed down on the OC, didn't help

(e) reset bios settings....still is hanging as if trying to find the hdd

(f) i gave up on OCing and now want to figure out how to get the pc to work again

(h) used win7 DVD ( 64bit) and it gave me an interesting error about not being able to find my windows installation. Also reccomended a CHKDSK to search for corruption. Said yes and accepted it all.

(i) didn't fix it

(j) back to the repair utility for the DVD, upon bootup it immediately began to scan for errors this time after I picked my keyboard (last time I had a little menu to select from). It said it fixed something, and then suggested to "roll back" my windows installation to an earlier version. Fine, sure whatever. I don't have much installed, but I have files I want (Mass Effect Save Game, and important personal documents). I read the log and it seemed to talk about a switch from C:\ to D:\ which is odd....always just C:\ drive for me.

(k) FINALLY got into windows. Very happy and proud! However, instead of auto-logon, which is what I have it set for, it took me to the main 'log on' screen with my name in the center. I click on this and it APPEARS as if it will log on, but then immediately the words "logging off" appears.

Sooo what is going on? Did a c:\ to d:\ switch mess anything up? Will I have to reinstall? Anything that doesn't require a full reinstall is nice. If I have to, I guess i might as well.
 
Overclocking can scramble stuff on the hard drive, either directly or by the memory getting scrambled and then written to the drive. If the Windows Registry gets corrupted, it's a problem.

There's a couple of ways to grab files and folders you need:
1) Attach the disk to another (working) computer.
2) Boot to a CD that's capable of reading your hard drive and copying files elsewhere.

The fastest way for me is to attach the disk to another computer with an IDE/SATA-to-USB cable. Otherwise, I'd boot to a BART boot disk with a USB drive attached to my PC and copy my files to the USB drive. But there's other ways to do it.

If you end up re-installing Windows, besides your saved documents and games, don't forget about copying any saved email files (.PST files in Outlook), any other address books, and Internet Favorites.
 
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RebateMonger said:
Overclocking can scramble stuff on the hard drive, either directly or by the memory getting scrambled and then written to the drive. If the Windows Registry gets corrupted, it's a problem.

There's a couple of ways to grab files and folders you need:
1) Attach the disk to another (working) computer.
2) Boot to a CD that's capable of reading your hard drive and copying files elsewhere.

The fastest way for me is to attach the disk to another computer with an IDE/SATA-to-USB cable. Otherwise, I'd boot to a BART boot disk with a USB drive attached to my PC and copy my files to the USB drive. But there's other ways to do it.
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Yeah I'm thinking of using a live cd and loading everything I need anyways. But if i didn't have to, it would be nice not to.
 
Well, if it was malware I could tell you what was likely causing it, but if the problem resulted from overclocking, it might be anything. Win7 doesn't have the quite the same type of "Repair Install" that XP does.

If you want to try a manual repair installation of Win7, it's probably very similar to this Vista guide:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html

This is supposed to mostly leave your applications, data, and settings intact. Read the fine print.

For the future, consider keeping updated system image backups so you can easily restore your system if disaster strikes.
 
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