Profile deleted - all files gone!!!

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Jeff Zalkind

Hi all,
I was having problems with a corrupt XP profile, so I
created a new profile and deleted the existing one. In the
process, XP informed me that all the old profile's
settings and documents would be saved in a folder named
<old_profile_name>, so I said OK. XP did indeed create a
folder called <old_profile_name>, but all it contained was
the Windows Briefcase and two files that were on the
desktop, but NONE of the files in the "My Documents"
folder. This means ALL THE FILES IN MY DOCUMENTS WERE
DELETED! (yes, I'm a little upset). Does anyone have any
idea why this happened or, more importantly, how I can get
the files back? I've downloaded and installed several
undelete tools, but they can't seem to find anything.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff Zalkind
 
Perhaps you just can't see them? Read in Help and Support for how to
take ownership of your old profile folder for your particular version of
XP and then take ownership of your old profile folder and then you
should be able to see everything.
 
Hi,
Thanks for the initial tip - do you have a link (or
effective keywords) for the page? When I enter "take
ownership of profile" in the search box, all I get is
three notes on SQL.

Thanks,
Jeff Zalkind
 
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