First thing to do is to try and eliminate the huge number of NTFS errors in the System log.
This issue occurs if the Windows file system transaction log is corrupted. The Windows file system uses the transaction log to recover system transactions when a file error occurs.The Common Log File System (CLFS) transaction logs may be left in an inconsistent state. When the CLFS transaction logs are in an inconsistent state.
Open an Elevated Command Prompt, and run the following commands:
DELETE %Windir%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.blf
DELETE %Windir%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.regrans-ms
close the window, and reboot
After you restart the computer, the registry regenerates the deleted files. These regenerated files are in a consistent state.
1. Click
Start, type
cmd in the
Start Search box, and then right-click
cmd in the
Programs list.
2. Click
Run as administrator, and then click
Continue.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click
Allow.
3. At a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\
Note These steps assume that Windows is installed in the default location, on drive C. If this is not the case, adjust the drive letter of the folder path to match your configuration.
4. Restart the computer.
See if that changes the behaviour in any way. - after a couple of hours, post back with a new System Events log.
