Can't find old user's files

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Marty

Hello,

I have XP professional. I never used to mess with users
and logging into and out of my computer, but then I
decided I wanted to log on and off so I set that up.
Then I went ahead and created another account and I think
I may have deleted the original one I used. (I did all
of this in the first place because I was freezing up and
I was afraid using users was to blame). Anyway, my
original account had a bunch of files that I certainly
didn't want to delete. What can I do to get these back?

Thanks,

Marty
 
Look into the Documents and Settings folder for
a profile folder named to match the original name
of the account you have lost.

You may Start / Run cmd
and in the cmd prompt enter
net users
to see if the account actually does still exist.

If the account is gone, and the profile folder is there,
you may need to take ownership of it while logged in
with an admin account in order to get at what is within.
 
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