Restore User account profile/copy user profile

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My machine has name JS.
I had a user account, say, John Smith.
However, for some reason, I have done something wrong and reboot the
machine, that user account had gone, only Administrator is left. Then I
created an account with the same name: John Smith.

I noted under the Documents and Settings, there are 2 John Smith, they are:
1)John Smith and
2)John Smith.JS

I think the first one is the original one because the date modified was a
couple of months ago.
The second one is the one that I just created.
Can I recover my original one ?
 
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My machine has name JS.
I had a user account, say, John Smith.
However, for some reason, I have done something wrong and reboot the
machine, that user account had gone, only Administrator is left. Then
I created an account with the same name: John Smith.

I noted under the Documents and Settings, there are 2 John Smith,
they are: 1)John Smith and
2)John Smith.JS

I think the first one is the original one because the date modified
was a couple of months ago.
The second one is the one that I just created.
Can I recover my original one ?
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Yup... In fact you're most of the way there. All it is from here on out is
copy/paste (or cut/paste) and maybe taking ownership. Beyond that you should
be okay. One more thing, I'd recommend copy/paste and then let it sit for a
few days before deleting the old data.

Corrupted Profile: Windows XP :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/corruptprofile.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
 
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