This problem used to be occasional and is now happening almost every time I boot into XP Pro (64 bit). After the "loading your personal settings" message, there is a longer than usual delay, then when the desktop finally appears it is minus most of my personal settings (no wallpaper, but I still have about half of my icons). Then I get the "take a tour of Windows XP" bubble. I don't get any messages about it loading a temporary profile or anything like that, and the profile doesn't seem to be corrupt because when I reboot, there is another longer than usual delay loading the desktop but then my correct settings always load. Thanks for any thought on what could be causing this.
XP not recognising personal settings
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hang-the-9
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- Mar 25, 2010
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Do a drive check using a utility from the maker of the hard drive or the computer. Don't just run a checkdsk from Windows although that will probably find errors if you do run it, but it won't really give you a dignostic on the hard drive.
Also make sure you have backups of your files as you are likely to need to replace the hard drive, or at least re-install Windows.
Also make sure you have backups of your files as you are likely to need to replace the hard drive, or at least re-install Windows.
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