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Windows scanning and repairing Drive C on every boot, asking me to activate Windows long after I've had it active

Anonymous
2024-06-01T21:40:10+00:00

So my situation is a little weird. My computer has been having some kind of hardware issue I think. Sometimes it will randomly freeze, and crash some games and Spotify. Other times, it works just fine. Lately, though, it's been acting weird. After I've had my computer on for a while, it will randomly tell me that I need to activate Windows, long after I have already had it activated. Whenever I restart my computer, it tells me to press any key to skip disk checking, and when I do, it continues as normal, but when I don't, it says scanning and repairing Drive C, does it for maybe two or three seconds, then proceeds to the login screen. What I don't understand is why this happens. When I restart my computer, the activate windows prompt goes away, but comes back after a while. I've tried cleaning my drives, checking my hardware to see if everything is connected properly, and I'm debating fresh installing Windows. I'm not sure what really to do from here, but I'll list my specs below if that helps:

EDIT: upon further inspection, windows seems to be deactivated even after restarts, and I've tried running some commands through windows powershell as administrator, and under OA3xOriginalProductKey there's nothing.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-02T23:01:41+00:00

    The Windows license doesn't have an expiry date.

    The Windows Enterprise version is focused on companies and not home users, your computer having a Windows Enterprise version installed could indicate that you were using a non-genuine version of Windows and this is why your Windows is not activating.

    Another possible cause for your computer to be running a Windows Enterprise version is that a Windows update goes wrong and have changed the Windows version. You will need to contact whoever sold you this computer and check if this computer has a genuine version of Windows and which is the version of the license.

    If your computer doesn't have a genuine version of Windows, you will need to purchase a Windows license.

    Since SeaTools has not found any problems with your hard drive, the disk checking on every startup could be caused by a corruption of the Windows files. Running the chkdsk command should fix this problem.

    1-Right-Click on Start then click on Windows Powershell (admin)

    2- Type these commands.

    chkdsk c: /f /r (and press Enter)

    3-This command will require a reboot to run

    4-Wait until the disk check is finished, and then check if the problem is fixed

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-01T23:54:12+00:00

    Hi, Karter. I'm Robinson, and I’m happy to help you today.

    The repairing of the drive C on every startup could indicate that your hard drive is damaged. You can use a tool called SeaTools to check the health of your hard drive and scan it for errors.

    "SeaTools is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine what is preventing you from accessing data on your desktop or notebook computer. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate, Maxtor or Samsung disk drive and any non-Seagate disk drive."

    You can see more information and download it at these links.

    https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/mig...

    https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/mig...

    Note: This link is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

    If SeaTools identifies any problem with your hard drive, it means that your hard drive is physically damaged and needs to be replaced.

    The activation problem could be related to the version of Windows that you are using. What Windows license do you have? Home, Pro, or Enterprise?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-02T01:31:05+00:00

    It says Enterprise, and the hard drive damage could be possible, as this thing is getting old. I've used it for quite a while, now, so it would be understandable. Do any of these versions have some kind of expiry date? I'm not the original owner of this computer, and it was prebuilt, so that may be it too. Upon running a scan with SeaTools, my boot drive, and where all of my system files are, seems to be in working order.

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