Silent Zoma said:
Hello. My computer used to have only one account when i turned it one it
immediatley went to this account. Then I tried to add another account
and lost all the files on the previous one. Some of these files are
really important and i need to know how to recover them.
Creating a new account does not "lose files" on another account. More
information is needed.
It sounds like you have XP Pro, and you were using the Administrator account
with no other user accounts. In this situation, as soon as another account
is created, the Administrator account disappears from the Welcome screen.
It's still there and still works, it just doesn't show on the Welcome screen
in regular mode; it does show in Safe mode. So, if you restart in Safe
mode, you can get into Administrator and move files where you want.
At the welcome screen, press control+alt+delete twice to get the login box.
Enter Administrator as the username, and your password.
You can also simply use Explorer to navigate to the folders of the old
account. You can just copy your files, though you might need to Take
Ownership.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
This page will have information that can help you move files and settings:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151
Incidentally, your question hints that you should review your backup policy;
it sounds like you don't have one, and it is easy to remedy that.
HTH
-pk
