the_king Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 My computer just f*ckin crashed. Whenever I restart my computer it goes back to my default settings, like "take a tour of windows xp, the default desktop, etc. If I go to "documents and settings", a new user folder was created. I can go to my original user folder, and all of my stuff is there. But nothing gets saved when I shut down my computer. So if I try to reset my options and stuff, it all goes back to default setting when I resart the computer. WHAT THE F*CK DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaj. Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 This same thing happened to a friend of mine. Except, the windows he used waas a pirated copy of Windows XP Pro. Did you get your copy legally? If not, I'm not sure if you're allowed to talk about it here, because of our warez rules. Now, I'm not sure if the reason it happened to my friend was because it was pirated, but that's all I know at this point. Could you possibly give some more details? Such as if you installed any new programs before this began to happen? And some system specifications could be of use as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_king Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) Ok, my windows xp copy isn't pirated. Strangly enough my computer did the exact same thing last year, at about the same date. My computer is windows xp profesional, version 2002, service pack 2. Under computer it says: Intel, Celeron CPU 2.00GHz, 2.00 GHz, 256 MB of ram. No new programs were installed, and I un plugged my computer to turn it off, which I think might be part of the problem. The computer sort off fixed itself last year it happened. It stopped resetting itself to its default settings. But I stall had to reinstall and redo all of my options and settings. Which took a few weeks. Edited February 17, 2006 by the_king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just another thug Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Sounds like a bad hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Wait a sec, back the sole train up here. You're using the computer doing whatever. Then to shut down you yank the plug out of the wall? Well no F'ing wonder your settings are saved and you're having these issues. To shut down correctly go to Start->Turn Off Computer->Turn Off. THEN XP will save your settings. And when the screen goes black THEN you can yank on the plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAThomas Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 This reminds me of something dumb I did last week. its interesting so feel free to read. I just finnished install alot of crap so I started disk defrag. It was late at night I had a headache and was tired. My computer was really load after playing games all night, I couldn't stand the noise. So i flipped the switch on the back of the PC to shut it down because i'm a dumbass. Thats not the worst part, the defrag was still running will i powered down! When I went to turn on the computer the next morning it got to the Windows XP loading screen. I noticed something different when it didnt load the green bar 6 times, it loaded twice. Next thing i know my pc kicks me to the a screen asking to start windows in safe mode, last recent settings that worked, and normal. It said that windows could not start properly. I chose "last recent settings". it loaded the windows screen again and i was back at the same screen as before. this time i chose safe mode, then normal, after that didnt work i knew i was screwed. so i restarted and tried to go into restore, did the same damn thing. I figured an important file got curropted while i turned off during defrag. i had to scrumage for my windows XP cd to reinstall it. now everything is back to normal and i have an unregisterd version of windows, unless there is a way to usemy old registration. I did something stupid because i was tired. the next day i went out and got a better fan for my pc, now the processor isnt so load and im happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millermagic Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yanking the plug is very bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torcidas Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 do you know what your computer goes through when you dont shut it down properly? never mind yanking the friggin cord right out of the dam wall! if your computer is running, you want it to stop running properly, not have a f*kin uneccessary emergancy shutoff! with games like GTA on ur comp, and it running on crappy comps like celeron, you have made a bad choice in your life........ nothing gets saved because youve most likely had damaged your memory, or hard disk/drive good luck with this partner........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) nothing gets saved because youve most likely had damaged your memory, or hard disk/drive No it's because the OS is told to save anything, and the only timeit is told to save is when you select restart or turn off/shutdown. Nothing is wrong with the memory. It takes more than a sudden power drop to damage the RAM. The HDD is a iffy thing. In general HDDs these days can stopped suddenly, however this OS doesn't like because it might be moving or dealing with a file at the time of the sudden power drop and that file, or files, can become damaged which can make it seem like the HDD is damaged. Now HDDs about 15-20 years ago, if those were stopped suddenly then yes they could become damaged because the read head wasn't told to return to it's resting point and the platters told to stop spinning. The rest of your post makes no sense at all Edited February 21, 2006 by wolf68k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millermagic Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Thats why windows makes you hold the power button so it can stop the hard drive from reading/writing. If its accessing when you kill it by unplugging the little head can hit the drive. Just a question - why did you shut it off like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 That's the mobo BIOS that does that with the power button. There usually is a setting in the BIOS that makes it so if hit the power button it'll either turn off right a way or a few seconds delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_-playero-_ Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 (edited) Thats why windows makes you hold the power button so it can stop the hard drive from reading/writing. If its accessing when you kill it by unplugging the little head can hit the drive. Just a question - why did you shut it off like that? Hmm, so in case of a crash its safe to turn the pc by holding the power button? (My PC needs a 4 seconds hold) Edited February 21, 2006 by _-playero-_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwards Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 No, it's not safe. Holding the power button is effectively no different from unplugging the computer. SOMETIMES, just pushing the power button is safe. Only if your OS and motherboard support a soft shutdown by such a method. Older computers and OSes will just go right off, which is a not good thing. sysnode.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_king Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 But when this happened last year I shut down my comp properly!!! Plus my comp gave me an error message saying that my user file is corupted, and that each time i restart my comp it needs to use a temporary user file instead. Oh well. I just copied all of my stuff into a new user file, so now everything is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millermagic Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 No, its not a good idea to turn it off by having to hold the button, but it atleast gives the head time to get away from the disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwards Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 but it atleast gives the head time to get away from the disc. I don't actually think that's true. I reckon it's the same as turning the switch to OFF on the old AT power supplies - instant off. Prove me wrong, though. sysnode.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 usually this happens when the motherboard's battery is dead, try changing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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