Windows 10: 'Restart to repair drive errors' repeatedly appearing.

Hello. I am asking to see if anyone else is having this same issue, and what solutions there may be. This just started happening today on my 2012 or maybe 2013, unsure Alienware Alpha. It has always had problems with booting, running slowly, etc etc. just because it's a bit old. Any solutions?

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How to troubleshoot an error that appears only at Restart or Sign out?

I get an error pop-up error message not every, but almost every time I Restart or Sign out. It's the screen with blue background and on top of Restart or Sign out text an error window says:

Explorer.exe - Application error. The instruction at 0x000… referenced memory at 0x000... The memory could not be written.

Sometimes the error code is just zeros, sometimes random numbers. I have tried so much already to troubleshoot this. For example these did not help in any way:

• MemTest86+ (no problems)
• Disabling any Services, Autoruns/ShellExView entries
• Low resolution mode
• BIOS settings are fine, no overclocking etc.
• DISM.exe and sfc
• etc.

However, these do make the error go away:

• End process for explorer.exe before Restart or Sign out
• Safe Mode
• Creating a new user profile (almost the same as clean installing Windows, many full days of work)
• Uninstalling NVIDIA graphics driver (then the card is unusable, of course)
• Disabling Device Manager / Display Adapters / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

I already contacted NVIDIA and the graphics driver is not the culprit. Something has gone wrong with the user profile as the same driver works just fine in a new profile (and there's nothing wrong with the driver anyway, it's just the Restart or Sign out process that has a problem).

What can I do to fix this? One useful thing would be to have a step-by-step procedure for the Sign out. So that it'd ask before continuing to the next step and list what it's doing. Or if I could just disable whatever it does when the error appears.

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
How do I unlock the drive where Windows 10 is installed?

 

repeatedly restarting

We appreciate your response. The error code OxcOOOOOOe usually occurs when one of the drivers on your system failed to coordinate in the Windows booting process. To troubleshoot your concern, we suggest performing an Automatic Or Startup Repair. This process
will repair damaged files that are required to boot a Windows device. This can be done without using an installation disc.

To perform an Automatic or Startup repair, follow these steps:

• Use the power button to restart your computer three times. This will start the Windows Recovery Environment.
• In the Choose an option screen, tap or click Troubleshoot.
• Select Advanced options and then select Startup Repair.
  
• Your system will reboot and you'll see a window that indicates that your machine is preparing to perform the repair.
  
• Select your user account once the device is on Startup Repair window.
• Provide the password for your user account.
• Wait for the Startup Repair process to be completed. Your system will automatically reboot to normal mode once the repair is done.

Update us with the results.