Restoring Deleted User Profiles

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Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping there's still a chance to recover from this although all signs
point to "no way Jose" but hope springs eternal...

Here's what was done:

After creating a new User, the old User was deleted and here's how

Right clicked on "My Computer"
Clicked on the "Advance" tab
Then clicked on the "Settings" for the "User Profiles"
Selected the Old user name and deleted it.

Of course, all was deleted from the profile; I’ve tried the “restore to
previous date†in the hopes of… well you know, and nothing.

So, now to my question:
Is there anyway to restore the user’s data; pictures, documents, etc, via
the DOS prompt or are there any programs that can do this?


Any Help would be appreciated.



Peace
Elemental
 
Im New 2 This And I Dont Know How To Post Messages But I Need Some Help
My Brother Deleted My User Account On The Computer And It Had All My
Music Downloads On It All He Did Was Go 2 Control Panel ,user
Accounts,then He Clicked On My Account And Deleted It
I Want 2 Know Is There Anyone Here Who Knows If I Can Restore The
Account Or Atleast Retrieve The Music Files From The Deleted Account 2
A Newly Created Account Someone Please Help Me
Click to expand...

If he clicked on delete twice , then as far as I know , everything is
gone .
 
Truble2 said:
Im New 2 This And I Dont Know How To Post Messages But I Need Some Help
My Brother Deleted My User Account On The Computer And It Had All My
Music Downloads On It All He Did Was Go 2 Control Panel ,user
Accounts,then He Clicked On My Account And Deleted It
I Want 2 Know Is There Anyone Here Who Knows If I Can Restore The
Account Or Atleast Retrieve The Music Files From The Deleted Account 2
A Newly Created Account Someone Please Help Me
Click to expand...

Are your user folders still there? Where were you storing your files?
Were you using the default "C:\Documents and Settings\Your UserName"
folders? You can delete accounts without deleting the user files, you
have to look on your hard drive to see if the files are still there,
only you can do that, we don't know if the files were deleted or not
when the account was deleted. If the files were also deleted with the
account then you will have to use file recovery software to try to get
your files back.

John
 
frogman said:
Same problem here, i deleted two windows xp account and now i'm facing
problem coz almost all of my major files are there.



YES, but it is not accessible, if i click that folder, popup message
will come and it says "access denied"

how can i restore or open that folders?
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Take ownership of the files and folders.

How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

John
 
Did you even bother to actually read the replies in the thread you hijacked?

:
: i cant find the user profile which i have deleted in c:/doumensts and
: settings.
: i by mistakely deleted the profile the same way as Elemental has done...
: i really want to recover the deleted profile.. please help me.
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