Deleted user profile - Recovery

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Hi,

I was trying to help an user to delete some user profiles in his machine
as they were taking up much space. Using User Profiles under Systems
Properties (W2K), I deleted other users' profiles including some Unkown
Account profiles.

After doing so, I noticed part of her existing profile in C:\Documents and
Settings
was deleted. What's left were "Application Data" folder, "Cookies" folder,
"Local Settings" folder, NTuser.data and NTuser.data.log. When I checked for
her Outlook PST file in C:\Documents and Settings\user_profile\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft, the Outlook folder was gone. So was her
PST file.

I've tried using 3rd party file recovery software, it did manage to recover
the deleted parts of her profile. But when i look inside the Outlook folder,
we only found
one PST file which was not the one he needs.

Can someone advise how to undelete deleted user profiles or alternative
methods
to recover deleted files?

Thanks you.
 
There are third party tools available that handle this, such as Emergency
Undelete from http://www.undelete.com/coverpage.asp and others. Deleting the
files only marks the space as available to use so the sooner you stop using
the drive the better chance you'll have of recovery. Failing this one of the
drive recovery services might be the next step. Either case don't use the
drive.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi,
|
| I was trying to help an user to delete some user profiles in his machine
| as they were taking up much space. Using User Profiles under Systems
| Properties (W2K), I deleted other users' profiles including some Unkown
| Account profiles.
|
| After doing so, I noticed part of her existing profile in C:\Documents and
| Settings
| was deleted. What's left were "Application Data" folder, "Cookies" folder,
| "Local Settings" folder, NTuser.data and NTuser.data.log. When I checked
for
| her Outlook PST file in C:\Documents and Settings\user_profile\Local
| Settings\Application Data\Microsoft, the Outlook folder was gone. So was
her
| PST file.
|
| I've tried using 3rd party file recovery software, it did manage to
recover
| the deleted parts of her profile. But when i look inside the Outlook
folder,
| we only found
| one PST file which was not the one he needs.
|
| Can someone advise how to undelete deleted user profiles or alternative
| methods
| to recover deleted files?
|
| Thanks you.
|
|
 
Hello,

EASEUS DataRecoveryWizard utility can help. Speaking about me, it was
easily able to restore deleted, lost file and unformat drive,
so I think you will also find it quite useful. Really recommended
tool, give it a try.

http://www.easeus.com/
 
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