User Profile "Account Unknown" recovery help needed

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I lost a user account. In my UserProfies I see "Account Unknown" and it
is grayed out so I can not copy its settings to a new user.
I really wanted the data from "My Documents" under this account but I
can not see it using the Search or Explorer. I searched the regedit
for the Sids and I DONT see "Account Unknown" under "profileimagepath"
but I expected that. I see an account labeled: "My Name" and "My
Name.OFFICE" where Office is my computer name. I do see that in the
explorer but the my doccuments folder is empty.

Can I do a more powerful search for that data I need? The "Account
Unknown" user profile is 3.8 GB big so there has to be something
somewhere I hope.
 
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I lost a user account. In my UserProfies I see "Account Unknown"
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"Lost"? If the account were deleted...
"Account Unknown" may be displayed when the security descriptors on
disk objects no longer can be "connected" to an actual account in
the security database. You are currently looking from an
Administrators Group account?
and it is grayed out so I can not copy its settings to a new
user. I really wanted the data from "My Documents" under this
account but I can not see it using the Search or Explorer. I
searched the regedit for the Sids and I DONT see "Account
Unknown" under "profileimagepath" but I expected that. I see an
account labeled: "My Name" and "My Name.OFFICE" where Office is
my computer name. I do see that in the explorer but the my
doccuments folder is empty.

Can I do a more powerful search for that data I need? The
"Account Unknown" user profile is 3.8 GB big so there has to be
something somewhere I hope.
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Not all that clear so far, but can you "see" the actual profile on
disk (Docs and Settings)? Top-level folder at the least? If so,
you should be able to adjust the security descriptors (ACLs) of the
entire tree by first taking Ownership and then applying (w
propagation downward) new ACLs granting Administrators Group
members FULL control. This will permit the recovery of the data
files.

There are some scenarios where this might not work but you will
need to supply more information. Such as, the operating system,
file system, stand-alone system or a member of a Domain, etc. A
malware-free system is assumed at this point. Consider explaining
"what happened" as best you can instead of "how do I". It might
help here.
 
I have the exact same problem.

I deleted my user profile by mistake and then somehow also renamed my admin if that matters.
Ideally it would be good if I can get this unknown profile back as my user,
as I had over 200gig of programs installed that I had nicely set up.
But if it’s completely impossible or risky to losing my terabyte of documents then
all I need is my Documents folder/drive for that old profile accessible again.

My Documents is on a separate HDD labelled as D:,(MyDocuments),
and is now not accessable due to the lost profiles.
Other than that I have the exact same problem as stated on the original post.
Also I have only tried the system restore which I could not go back on like listed elsewhere
on the internet and also the copying of the user profile like mentioned on original post.

Any help or guidance would be highly appreciated.
 
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I have semi fixed the problem i had to change all my securitys ont he new account to takecontrol of the old securitys
 
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