Restoring User Profile from Backup

[Guest]

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Looking for ANSWERS!
Win XP Pro on home computer locked up. Forced powerdown of the locked
system corrupted the user's profile. Restarts login to a TEMP user. There
another ADMIN user account that continues to work and I have a complete
harddrive backup. However, can someone tell me what I need to recover from
the backup to restore the user's profile?

 

[beb]

Depends. Which backup program did you use? I would try a chkdsk first, then
a system restore.

 

[Steve N.]

Looking for ANSWERS!
Win XP Pro on home computer locked up. Forced powerdown of the locked
system corrupted the user's profile. Restarts login to a TEMP user. There
another ADMIN user account that continues to work and I have a complete
harddrive backup. However, can someone tell me what I need to recover from
the backup to restore the user's profile?

Assuming your system drive is C: restore the following folder and all
its subfolders:

C:\Documents and Settings\[usersname]\

Steve N.

 

[Guest]

Thanks beb...using Norton Ghost v9. chkdsk is automatic when restarting XP
Pro and Sys Restore doesn't cover personal settings. Steve N.'s reply hit
the spot, with the exception that I didn't want or need to restore everything
in the users Documents and Settings. I started by restoring everything in
the user's Local Settings folder and that did the trick. Thank you
again...Regards, and Happy Holydays!

 

[Guest]

Steve N.
Thank you. I didn't need to restore the user's entire Documents and
Settings folder so I started with the Local Settings folder and that was
sufficient to restore the user's login and full functionality. Regards, and
Happy Holydays! Regards,
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Looking for ANSWERS!

Looking for ANSWERS!
Win XP Pro on home computer locked up. Forced powerdown of the locked
system corrupted the user's profile. Restarts login to a TEMP user. There
another ADMIN user account that continues to work and I have a complete
harddrive backup. However, can someone tell me what I need to recover from
the backup to restore the user's profile?

Assuming your system drive is C: restore the following folder and all
its subfolders:

C:\Documents and Settings\[usersname]\

Steve N.

 

[beb]

Nonsence.

Thanks beb...using Norton Ghost v9. chkdsk is automatic when restarting
XP
Pro and Sys Restore doesn't cover personal settings. Steve N.'s reply hit
the spot, with the exception that I didn't want or need to restore
everything
in the users Documents and Settings. I started by restoring everything in
the user's Local Settings folder and that did the trick. Thank you
again...Regards, and Happy Holydays!

 

[Steve N.]

Steve N.
Thank you. I didn't need to restore the user's entire Documents and
Settings folder so I started with the Local Settings folder and that was
sufficient to restore the user's login and full functionality. Regards, and
Happy Holydays! Regards,

Excellent. Thanks for the reply. Happy Holidays to you as well!

Steve N.

 

[Steve N.]

Nonsence.

What's nonsense? System Restore restores the System state, not any User
states.

Steve N.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:59:02 -0800, "Hobby"

Looking for ANSWERS!

Win XP Pro on home computer locked up. Forced powerdown of the locked
system corrupted the user's profile. Restarts login to a TEMP user. There
another ADMIN user account that continues to work and I have a complete
harddrive backup. However, can someone tell me what I need to recover from
the backup to restore the user's profile?

Step back and ask why the system locked up, and why the user's profile
got corrupted - these things should not happen, and will likely happen
again. The user's profile will consist of the relevant subtree within
"Documents and Settings" as well as possibly some references from the
system registry hives. You may well find you can't simply restore
this into place; that's just one reason why "I don't care what happens
because I have a full system backup" is a flawed approach.

I'd suggest http://cquirke.mvps.org/pccrisis.htm - unlike bee stings,
rabid dogs can bite more than once.

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