Windows can not find ntuser.dat file.
When I logged on the other day I got error message ' Windows unable to load
the regestry. This is often caused by insufficient memory or insufficient
security rights'

DETAIL- An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The
registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that
contain the systems image of the registry for c/documents and
settings/linsey/ntuser.dat.

Now the error message has stopped but I can't find any of my documents
including photos, etc.

If any one can help I will be forever grateful.

Your profile was corrupt hence a new one was created. Look for your
documents within the now orphaned profile in the \documents and settings
folder.

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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

"linsey" wrote:
| Windows can not find ntuser.dat file.
| When I logged on the other day I got error message ' Windows unable to
load
| the regestry. This is often caused by insufficient memory or insufficient
| security rights'
|
| DETAIL- An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably.
The
| registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that
| contain the systems image of the registry for c/documents and
| settings/linsey/ntuser.dat.
|
| Now the error message has stopped but I can't find any of my documents
| including photos, etc.
|
| If any one can help I will be forever grateful.

I've looked under documents and settings but there not there.

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Your profile was corrupt hence a new one was created. Look for your
> documents within the now orphaned profile in the \documents and settings
> folder.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "linsey" wrote:
> | Windows can not find ntuser.dat file.
> | When I logged on the other day I got error message ' Windows unable to
> load
> | the regestry. This is often caused by insufficient memory or insufficient
> | security rights'
> |
> | DETAIL- An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably.
> The
> | registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that
> | contain the systems image of the registry for c/documents and
> | settings/linsey/ntuser.dat.
> |
> | Now the error message has stopped but I can't find any of my documents
> | including photos, etc.
> |
> | If any one can help I will be forever grateful.
>
>
>

You may also need to;
Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders", then uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files"

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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

"linsey" wrote:
| I've looked under documents and settings but there not there.

I tried "show hidden files..." But the only place i can find my documents is
under My recent documents, the only problem is there shortcut buttons and
when i click on them I get a box saying "Trying to locate.." and then was
unable to find. I've aldo used the search tool but all I've found is a couple
of photos and word files.
Thanks
Linsey

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You may also need to;
> Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
> and folders", then uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
> files"
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "linsey" wrote:
> | I've looked under documents and settings but there not there.
>
>
>

Try looking in;
\Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\My Documents

Profile corruption is usually limited to the current user hive of the
registry (ntuser.dat) but you may have experienced some file corruption due
to hardware failure. You can download and run a diagnostic utility from the
drive manufacturer's web site.

You didn't by chance have 'My Documents' target moved to another location on
this or another drive?

--
Regards,

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

"linsey" wrote:
|I tried "show hidden files..." But the only place i can find my documents
is
| under My recent documents, the only problem is there shortcut buttons and
| when i click on them I get a box saying "Trying to locate.." and then was
| unable to find. I've aldo used the search tool but all I've found is a
couple
| of photos and word files.
| Thanks
| Linsey

Hi Dave
If I look under Documents and settings/userprofile/ There is no My
documents only My recent documents. Someone told me to Log on as old
user-Windoews explorer-tools-folder options-view-show hidden files and
folders-click on hide protected operating system files-ok.
Locate c:/Documents and settings/old user profile name -press and hold ctrl
key while clicking each file and subfolder in this folder except following
files ntuser.dat, ntuser.log, ntuser.(in?) -edit-copy
Locate c:/Documents and settings/new user profile name-edit-paste-log off.
After doing this I lost all my documents I tried locating them but have no
idea where they could be!
Thanks
Linsey

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Try looking in;
> \Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\My Documents
>
> Profile corruption is usually limited to the current user hive of the
> registry (ntuser.dat) but you may have experienced some file corruption due
> to hardware failure. You can download and run a diagnostic utility from the
> drive manufacturer's web site.
>
> You didn't by chance have 'My Documents' target moved to another location on
> this or another drive?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "linsey" wrote:
> |I tried "show hidden files..." But the only place i can find my documents
> is
> | under My recent documents, the only problem is there shortcut buttons and
> | when i click on them I get a box saying "Trying to locate.." and then was
> | unable to find. I've aldo used the search tool but all I've found is a
> couple
> | of photos and word files.
> | Thanks
> | Linsey
>
>
>

Hi Dave
If I look under Documents and settings/userprofile/ There is no My
documents only My recent documents. Someone told me to Log on as old
user-Windoews explorer-tools-folder options-view-show hidden files and
folders-click on hide protected operating system files-ok.
Locate c:/Documents and settings/old user profile name -press and hold ctrl
key while clicking each file and subfolder in this folder except following
files ntuser.dat, ntuser.log, ntuser.(in?) -edit-copy
Locate c:/Documents and settings/new user profile name-edit-paste-log off.
After doing this I lost all my documents I tried locating them but have no
idea where they could be!
Thanks
Linsey

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Try looking in;
> \Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\My Documents
>
> Profile corruption is usually limited to the current user hive of the
> registry (ntuser.dat) but you may have experienced some file corruption due
> to hardware failure. You can download and run a diagnostic utility from the
> drive manufacturer's web site.
>
> You didn't by chance have 'My Documents' target moved to another location on
> this or another drive?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "linsey" wrote:
> |I tried "show hidden files..." But the only place i can find my documents
> is
> | under My recent documents, the only problem is there shortcut buttons and
> | when i click on them I get a box saying "Trying to locate.." and then was
> | unable to find. I've aldo used the search tool but all I've found is a
> couple
> | of photos and word files.
> | Thanks
> | Linsey
>
>
>

Someone gave you bad advice. Sounds like you overwrote the directories and
or files you're now looking for.

--
Regards,

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

"linsey" wrote:
| Hi Dave
| If I look under Documents and settings/userprofile/ There is no My
| documents only My recent documents. Someone told me to Log on as old
| user-Windoews explorer-tools-folder options-view-show hidden files and
| folders-click on hide protected operating system files-ok.
| Locate c:/Documents and settings/old user profile name -press and hold
ctrl
| key while clicking each file and subfolder in this folder except following
| files ntuser.dat, ntuser.log, ntuser.(in?) -edit-copy
| Locate c:/Documents and settings/new user profile name-edit-paste-log off.
| After doing this I lost all my documents I tried locating them but have no
| idea where they could be!
| Thanks
| Linsey

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Someone gave you bad advice. Sounds like you overwrote the directories and
> or files you're now looking for.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

If, by "someone", linsey is referring to my reply to her original post, the
advice came directly from an MSKB article, namely, this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/
which was a link embedded in this MSKB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=318011

However, the article titled "How to copy data from a corrupted user profile
to a new profile " does NOT say to log on as the old user in order to
copy/paste the data from the old user profile to the new user
profile.......it states to "Log on as a user other than the user whose
profile you are copying files to or from"



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User