Temporary login problem. Registry edit doesnt solve it

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frostisfrost

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Hello computer gurus!
I have a anoying problem.. A few days ago I tried to render a video, more than a few times, and after a couple of hours the computer just froze up. crtl+alt+del didnt work.. The fans roared like the whole rig would explode and demolish my livingroom. It eventually told me that (i think it was a black screen too) I had to press escape OR force shut down the pc since the "rescue" command didnt work. So I did, it rebooted and started repairing. All well, took just a few minutes, I landed on the desktop and all was gone. It told me that I was on a temporary profile, no biggie! Its just to edit the registry so my old profile would boot. But no, It didnt work.. It just created a NEW temp profile...
Now I have 3 temp-users + my ordinary profile. The registry entry registers the original as .bak as it should. But renaming the temps to .new /.temp and ereasing .bak doesnt help. Everytime it just logs me in on a new temp.
Cant run the checkdisk, it just tells me that it cant run the check since the hdd is running.
So.. What should I do?
It has never messed up like this before, ever..
Thanks in advance!
 
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hang-the-9
Sounds like the disk or Windows has corrupted files and/or sectors in it. Create a new user account, log on to that, copy your files from your other directory. Just copy everything in your user directory over to the new one, do not copy system and hidden files though.

You can do a disk scan using a utility from the hard drive vendor to scan the disk. The Windows Checkdisk utility is OK but won't detect physical issues as well.
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hang-the-9

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Sounds like the disk or Windows has corrupted files and/or sectors in it. Create a new user account, log on to that, copy your files from your other directory. Just copy everything in your user directory over to the new one, do not copy system and hidden files though.

You can do a disk scan using a utility from the hard drive vendor to scan the disk. The Windows Checkdisk utility is OK but won't detect physical issues as well.
 
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frostisfrost

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making a new account. Logging in and copying my files did the trick. But i now suspect my harddrive beeing the problem, or atleas that windows somehow has become corrupt. Just a few hours ago it just rebooted without any reason. No internet traffic (disconected from wifi) and no programs running. It just stood there, idle. So I assumed it was an update. But when it rebooted it did what I had feared the most. It told me there was no OS on the disc. I rebooted again to see if I could select it from bootable devices in BIOS, but no. It didnt show up. So I disconnected the drive (an ssd soley used for the OS and programmes) and plugged it into my outdated laptop using a extern USB sata cradle. It shows up as a drive but it hasnt the typical OS style on the driveimage, and I cant boot my laptop with that drive if I plug it into the mainslot inside of the laptop. It says the same two things. Select a bootable device OR missing operatingsystem.
So something is seriosly wrong, I havent tried reinstalling windows yet but I will try it after s few hours of sleep..
 
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