Windows 10 keeps corrupting profiles

martynbez · 6 Nov 2016 at 13:29

Anyone else come across across windows 10 keep corrupting profile/loading temp profile?

Seems to be happing every few days. Have to create a new account then copy files back across. It's a dell pc and it's had a new hard disk in it and it's still doing it

Event view has recorded events of chkdsk running and repairing the drive but it's a brand new drive with a fresh install of windows.

Elevon · 6 Nov 2016 at 14:49

Have you done a memory ram test?

bledd · 6 Nov 2016 at 14:53

Faulty hdd probably

martynbez · 6 Nov 2016 at 16:46

not done a mim test yet.

It's a brand new drive. The old one was doing the same.

masterk · 6 Nov 2016 at 17:02

Tried a different SATA cable and port?

martynbez · 6 Nov 2016 at 17:06

Could give that ago.

martynbez · 7 Nov 2016 at 08:22

What mem test would people suggest?

linktoinsanity · 7 Nov 2016 at 08:39

martynbez said:
What mem test would people suggest?

Memtest86+

martynbez · 7 Nov 2016 at 08:52

Any mem test from within windows?

It's my parents computer and can only teamviewer to it.

malachi · 7 Nov 2016 at 09:35

martynbez said:
Any mem test from within windows?

It's my parents computer and can only teamviewer to it.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-memory-diagnostics-tool-in-windows-7

Quartz · 7 Nov 2016 at 10:37

martynbez said:
Event view has recorded events of chkdsk running and repairing the drive but it's a brand new drive with a fresh install of windows.

The drive could be faulty, despite being new. What does SMART say about the drive?

martynbez · 7 Nov 2016 at 10:50

Not seen any smart errors. But seems the MFT repairs every time on start up.

Quartz · 7 Nov 2016 at 15:16

The two most likely issues are either you have malware or you have a faulty HDD.

You likely won't see SMART errors in the event log. You need to run a special tool.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/

http://www.howtogeek.com/134735/how-to-see-if-your-hard-drive-is-dying/

Code:
Checking S.M.A.R.T. Without Third-Party Tools
To do a quick S.M.A.R.T. check without installing any third-party software, you can use a few commands included with Windows. First, open a Command Prompt window. (Press the Windows key, type Command Prompt, and press Enter.)

In the Command Prompt window, type the following commands, pressing Enter after each:

Code:

wmic diskdrive get status

bledd · 7 Nov 2016 at 16:23

This is the order I would test..

SATA Cable
SATA Port
HDD
RAM
PSU
Motherboard
CPU

Was it a fresh Windows install after replacing the faulty drive? If not, try this..

martynbez · 7 Nov 2016 at 19:07

Yeah was fresh install of windows 10 when the new drive went in.

It's like you set up a new profile then pretty much every 4-5days in goes to a temp one.
Set another one up and is fine. Then bang temp profile again.

martynbez · 8 Nov 2016 at 08:54

Quartz said:
The two most likely issues are either you have malware or you have a faulty HDD.

You likely won't see SMART errors in the event log. You need to run a special tool.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/

http://www.howtogeek.com/134735/how-to-see-if-your-hard-drive-is-dying/

Got a status ok from that.

bledd · 8 Nov 2016 at 09:12

If I had 1x NTFS error, I would be bricking it.

Having loads like this really isn't normal.

Run memtest86
Try another SATA cable
Try another SATA port

No point posting any more until you've done the above. Software changes won't cure this problem.

wesley · 8 Nov 2016 at 10:28

new hard drive and you installed win10 yourself? or did DELL replaced the hard drive with new image? possible dodgy image

martynbez · 8 Nov 2016 at 10:29

I installed the drive and used a fresh download from Microsoft to install win 10

linktoinsanity · 19 Jan 2017 at 10:19

I am also getting this problem on a client's PC. It beeps at me when I try to run a memtest, the trackpad is broken and it's an Acer.