Fixing “Your User Profile Was Not Loaded Correctly” Error Message
This booting error message can occur due to various reasons, like file system corruption, metadata structure damage, deletion of user profile, and virus infection. The data stored in the your hard drive partition becomes inaccessible as your computer is unable to boot. An ideal way to access the data in such scenarios is by restoring it from an updated backup, mainly created on a different storage media. But if you have not created any data backup or the backup file itself has been corrupted, then you will need to opt for advanced Data Recovery Software to recover your data.
Consider a practical situation, where you encounter the below error message after you log on to your system:
“Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile.”
Once the above error message appears, the system becomes unbootable and you are not able to access any hard drive data. In addition, the same error message appears every time you attempt to boot your system.
Cause:
There can be various reasons for the occurrence of the above error message, such as, file system damage, deletion of User Profile, and more.
Resolution:
To resolve the above error message and boot your system, you will need to follow the underneath steps:
1. Log on to your system with some other “Administrator” account.
2. Delete the user profile stored at “%SystemDrive%UsersUserName” location.
3. Go to Start, then type regedit, and press Enter key.
4. Next, search the underneath registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList
5. Erase the SID.bak subkey under the ProfileList subkey.
6. Close registry editor, and log off from your system.
Once you log in again, the user profile folder is build up again, which allows you to access your hard drive data. However, a lot of risk is involved while editing the registry settings. If you accidentally delete or modify a wrong registry, there is a probability that your system becomes permanently unbootable. In such cases, you only have the option to format your system. To recover the lost data after formatting, you will need to use advanced Data Recovery application. Such Data Recovery tools are easily downloadable from the Internet.
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