My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost

[Guest kerrihelp]

Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and

reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no

financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It

makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I

get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is logging

you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will be

lost when you leave. HELP!!!

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost

 

 

"kerrihelp" <kerrihelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:17776C00-043C-42C0-8C26-18E6027A0F85@microsoft.com...

> Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and

> reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no

> financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It

> makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I

> get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is

> logging

> you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will

> be

> lost when you leave. HELP!!!

 

This usually happens when you log on under the Guest account.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost

 

Unless you've taken some radical approaches, your existing data should

still be on the PC. The issue is that each users specific settings are

stored

in a file called NTUser.Dat. When a person logs in that database is used

to load your profile. (Windows Settings, Background....)

 

It's likely the profile itself is unrecoverable, but the data is still in

tact. User

data is stored in the path \Documents and Settings\'YourLoginName'.

The best thing at this point is to backup the complete folder tree under

your login name. Once you have this on a permanent media like a CD-R

or DVD-R then you can create a new profile and recover your old and

previous data into it.

 

As to the beeping that is an indication of some kind of error. It's possible

the Hard Drive in the computer may be failing. It's important that you

backup your data as soon as possible.

 

"kerrihelp" <kerrihelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:17776C00-043C-42C0-8C26-18E6027A0F85@microsoft.com...

> Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and

> reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no

> financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It

> makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I

> get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is

> logging

> you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will

> be

> lost when you leave. HELP!!!

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost

 

1. Leave the machine turned-off.

 

2. Take the machine to a local, reputable and independent (i.e., not

BigBoxStoreUSA or Geek Squad) computer repair shop.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

kerrihelp wrote:

> Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and

> reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no

> financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It

> makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I

> get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is

> logging

> you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will

> be lost when you leave. HELP!!!

[Guest Kelly]

Re: My pc boots back to factory settings, all data is lost

 

Error Message: Windows Cannot Load Your Profile Because It May Be Corrupted

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318011

 

Create a New User or Restore the User Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318011

 

Added info:

 

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.

Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user

hives.

 

Or...

 

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from

%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system

restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to

appear.

 

Or...

 

Relocate NTUserdat

 

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change and

then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to use.

You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

 

Corrupt Hive

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

 

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

 

Recovering XP using the Recover Console (Line 333) Right hand side:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

 

 

 

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All the Best,

Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

 

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"kerrihelp" <kerrihelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:17776C00-043C-42C0-8C26-18E6027A0F85@microsoft.com...

> Everytime I restart my pc and login it creates a temporary profile and

> reverts back to all factory settings. My documents folder is empty,no

> financial data,no email messages etc. Its asks me to set up programs. It

> makes a beeping sound almost like quite telephone ringing. The message I

> get is this: windows cannot load the locally stored profile and is

> logging

> you on with a temporary profile. Any changes you make to this profile will

> be

> lost when you leave. HELP!!!