Windows freezing 5 seconds after boot

[Amoxichilling]

Hey guys. So this just happened . I don't know if the hdd part is connected with the  freezing but they happened at the same time. Pc was working fine until now. I noticed a ticking sound from my tower. Pointed it to one of my two hdds. I opened file explorer to see if I can access what's inside my hdd , when I opened the drive windows explorer froze . Restarted windows explorer through task manager, but it didn't work so I restarted the pc. as soon as windows booted up it froze within 5 sec. Since then, even with all the hdds and ssds apart from the boot ssd disconnected, windows instantly freeze after 5 seconds. Same on restart and cold boot. Safe mode works fine, used malwarebytes in safe mode but didn't report anything. Any clues on what the heck happened ? 

[WhitetailAni]

The ticking noise means one of your hard drives is dying.

Try unplugging the hard drive that is ticking and try again.

[Amoxichilling]

I've done this. Disconnected every drive. The pc freezes with all drives removed (except  the boot ssd obviously). 

[rhysy4056]

May seem completely unrelated, but have you checked that RAM is properly seated?

 

Also does it run properly in safe mode?

[Amoxichilling]

Yep. I removed gpu, ram, all cables and reseated everything. I'll do it again to be sure, no harm in that. 

 

Safe mode worked perfectly

[rhysy4056]

2 minutes ago, Amoxichilling said:

Yep. I removed gpu, ram, all cables and reseated everything. I'll do it again to be sure, no harm in that. 

 

Safe mode worked perfectly

Have you tried booting into safe mode and restarting from there?

May be an issue with an update or something along those lines.

 

[Amoxichilling]

After checking with malwarebytes in  safe mode that's what I did, I just restarted and still happened

[rhysy4056]

I can only think of two other things, both of which I'm reluctant to suggest.

 

Firstly, it could be a corrupted user profile, there are ways to fix this but having never done it myself I'm reluctant to suggest it. However if you just google corrupted user profile, it will bring up a guide I'm sure.

 

 

Secondly, could simply reinstall windows, but that is a pain in the rear and I never like to suggest it.

 

 

 

 

hopefully someone else knows of an easier solution.

[Amoxichilling]

I'll look into corrupted user profile , thanks. Reinstalling windows seems to be my only solid solution for now, but I will delay it for now and still try to troubleshoot my way out of this because it is indeed a huge pain in the rear.