Windows 10: Loss of files while the operating system is running.

Greetings, today I faced a very serious problem. Right while I was working, about 500GB of data was lost on my D disk HDD. Looking at the contents of the disk, I found that some files and folders were partially missing I did not find any pattern. An important point is that the files disappeared directly while the OS was running, for example, I had a project open in Unity and the editor started complaining about the absence of some files while working. There were no visual notifications about the deletion, there were no deleted files in the trash. The other operating system also found no f

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solving operating system problems by reinstalling windows 10 and not risking file or application loss

One of my computers is having one of the above problems (many troubleshooting had already been done) and it was suggested that I go to the Microsoft web site and reinstall the windows 10 operating system. That doing so would not risk loss of files or applications.
This did not seem to be a viable option for either windows 7 or 8 as for those reinstalling the os lead to a loss of files or applications or both.

This step of re-installation on the Microsoft web site I am not yet familiar with.I had not yet performed this step as I had not backed up my files and did not want to have to reinstall applications if the above method failed. It appears that when the operating
system is reinstalled it should be like it was before where the organization of the files and applications remain the same?

Many hours can be spent creating and sending and analyzing: msinfo32, event log, cbs log, dism log, powershell log and or renaming files, changing settings in the system, clean boot, etc.

Sometimes when the operating system malfunctions you may not be able to get to the desk top or safe mode. In these cases the steps are limited to the advanced troubleshooting options which have restore points or reset. Frequently there may be no restore
points or those that are available may fail to salvage the operating system. A reset can be done

If a reset is done there are two options, either keep my files or remove everything. Remove everything appears to be similar to reinstalling the operating system.

Recently I have had three computers with spontaneous blue screens. And there were also two computers where it was not possible to get to the desk top or safe mode. A flash drive with bootable iso did not offer any workable troubleshooting steps. There
are more computers and driver verifier on all of my computers produced driver verifier produced blue screens.

I am guessing that re-installing the windows 10 operating system is likely not to alter the frequency of drivers producing blue screens if they are not microsoft drivers. Is this correct?

Can you now just follow steps in the first post with the step 1 for windows 10 above and not risk loss of files or apps? If so could you then reinstall the operating system before bed and wake up with a new operating system?

If there is little or no risk for the loss of files or applications I would like to be able to perform preventative maintenance and perhaps reinstall the windows 10 operating system each quarter. The preventative maintenance of reinstalling the windows
10 os would be to reduce the need to work up and fix operating system problems.

This method or preventative maintenance I had not seen and was wondering the pro and con. In other words no longer would problems be treated only when they occur but the operating system would be reinstalled saving files and applications each quarter.

When looking at my computers that have potential risks: There is one computer that has a problem with its windows 10 operating system that was not able to be fixed. There are many other computers that could have blue screens related to the use of windows
defender offline. There are many computers that had driver verifier produced blue screens.

It seems that reinstalling the operating system once each quarter (start before sleep and awaken with new operating system with saved files and applications) would reduce the likelihood of any major operating system problems. Again I have not yet performed
this step on the Microsoft web site in the first post.

Please comment on the pro and con of this type of preventative maintenance.

 

solving operating system problems by reinstalling windows 10 and not risking file or application loss

There may be many problems with windows 10 such as

inability to perform a specific windows update

inability to perform a specific windows defender update

failure to open items on the task bar with left or right click

failure to open the windows icon with a left click

blue screens

etc.

More often than not troubleshooting takes many hours and may not fix the underlying problem.

For all of the above if routine troubleshooting fails what are the pro and con for reinstalling the operating system using:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

• When Windows 10 is ready to install, you’ll see a recap of what you’ve chosen, and what will be kept through the upgrade. Select Change what to keep to set whether you would like to Keep personal files and apps, or Keep personal
  files only, or choose to keep Nothing during the upgrade.

For example you have the cabability to go to the desktop and re-download windows 10 on top of itself and fix problems.

How do the times compare with troubleshooting steps versus re-installation of the operating system.

If there is little or no risk for file loss or application loss why not reinstall the operating system before going to bed and then having a fresh operating system in the morning?

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System 32 files/ programs runs for a while and disappears on Windows 10

Hi Konstantin,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with the processes running on the operating system. Do not worry we will help you with this issue.

Provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

• What is the complete error message/ error code of this issue?
• Have you made any changes to the operating system prior to this issue?
• When exactly does this issue persists?

I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to sign-out from the current user account, restart the computer, resign-in and check with the status of this issue.

Step 2: I suggest you to run SFC scan and check if it helps.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. If a
Windows Resource Protection (WRP) file is missing or is corrupted, Windows may not behave as expected.

Follow the below steps:

• Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
• After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.

Step 3: Also, I suggest you to install all the pending updates on Windows 10.

• Connect to the internet.
• Press Windows key and type
  updates.
• Click on Check for updates.
• Under Windows Updates, click on
  Check for updates.
• Try to install the updates being shown.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue with the required information for further assistance.