Any way to recover a corrupted user without system restore?

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I can't use the system restore becaue the only restore point is after the user was corrupted

I'm using windows XP home and I really need my desktop, saved passwords, ect. back. Any hep would be greatly apreciated.
 
Hi John,

I can't use the system restore becaue the only restore point is after the user was corrupted.

I'm using windows XP home and I really need my desktop, saved passwords, ect. back. Any hep would be greatly apreciated.
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(Courtesy of MS - MVP Kelly Theriot)

Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate
the entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the
Policies tab, uncheck Enable write caching.

You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the
corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain
of the cause.

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
hives.

Or...

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a
system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message
began to appear.

Or...

Relocate NTUserdat

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change
and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you
want to use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Good luck
 
I have tried the last option since the first two require ayatem restore but i cannot find the directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList . I rand a search for ntuser.dat and came up with four difrent versions of it, one from today after the user was corrupted and three from December 2001

Can I get a clarification and/or a second opinon

----- roger wrote: ----

Hi John

On Sun, 16 May 2004 13:31:05 -0700, "John
I can't use the system restore becaue the only restore point is after the user was corrupted
Click to expand...

(Courtesy of MS - MVP Kelly Theriot

Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locat
the entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On th
Policies tab, uncheck Enable write caching

You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if th
corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certai
of the cause

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the use
hives

Or..

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat fro
%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do
system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption messag
began to appear

Or..

Relocate NTUserda

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to chang
and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that yo
want to use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there

Corrupt Hiv
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.ht

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registr
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q30754

Good luc
 
Hi John,

1.-Relocate NTUserdat to another directory (You could create a new
account 'New_User' and put it there) use one from before it was
corrupted.

2.-Go to Start > Run > Regedit and browse to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
You'll find several entries, each for an user, go to the user you want
to recuperate and change the ProfileImagePath value to match the path
for the folder where you put ntuserdat in point 1.

Try to log on as that user.
If no joy, try the same with the others ntuserdat you have from
December 2001.

Good luck

I have tried the last option since the first two require ayatem restore but i cannot find the directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList . I rand a search for ntuser.dat and came up with four difrent versions of it, one from today after the user was corrupted and three from December 2001.

Can I get a clarification and/or a second opinon?

----- roger wrote: -----

Hi John,

I can't use the system restore becaue the only restore point is after the user was corrupted.
Click to expand...

(Courtesy of MS - MVP Kelly Theriot)

Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate
the entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the
Policies tab, uncheck Enable write caching.

You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the
corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain
of the cause.

Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
hives.

Or...

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a
system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message
began to appear.

Or...

Relocate NTUserdat

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change
and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you
want to use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Good luck
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