profile damaged & missing documents

[Guest]

I logged onto my pc and my profile was 'damaged', meaning that I had none of
my documents/desktop/favourites etc on my area and my stuff had been moved to
another folder in documents & settings. I moved my documents from the folder
in documents & stetings (where they used to be) into my new area and then
logged off, saved it etc.

On logging back on, my documents are completely gone. When using Search, all
I find are shortcuts in my old 'recent documents' folder and I cannot get any
of my things back. Using system restore does not seem to help, as, though my
desktop goes back to its old self, my documents remain missing.

This error corresponds with the URL below, which gives microsoft's hints,
which I didn't follow as I couldn't connect to the 'net when this occurred.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326688

If anybody out there could give me some help or advice, I would be very
grateful indeed. I would be especially intesrested to know if my documents
have permanently gone or are languishing and could be restored (I think the
former is probably correct)

Thanks
joe

 

[Jerry]

Why you didn't backup your documents onto a cd, defies all logic. When you
did a system restore, you changed systen settings to what they were before
you moved the files. The directory created before the restore disappears.
Why you "moved" instead of "copying" makes no sense. "Backup" means to make
a copy.