Lost user id information

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I was trying to remove the welcome screen when I managed somehow to delete my
personal id and then locked out the admin also. When I restarted the
comptuer it would not let me log in saying that I did not have the correct
password (which I never set). I ended up going into safe mode and setting up
a new id so I could log in. Unfortanulty, I can not find my personal files
any more, i.e. pictures, data files, music, etc. Did the computer completly
delete them from its drive, or is it possible to locate the files and restore
them under the new id? Did I shoot myself in the foot?
 
Make sure the new user account you have setup is a computer administrator,
then I would look in documents and settings to see if your user account is
still there. In most cases though when you delete an account from the user
account, XP deletes the associate files and folders with the account unless
otherwise specified.
 
I went and did a system restore from a checkpoint from last week and I was
able to bring my data back. Of course I had to go through and clear the
welcome screen again but, this time I knew what not to do this time. Either
way it worked.
 
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