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Like some of the other here, I too crashed and burned
after installing Microsoft Updates. My system would not
even reboot. I had to reload XP from CD. Now my problem
is that I had the files I want but no longer have my user
profile. Is there any way to get back to that user
profile??? I had everything set up exactly the way I
wanted it. I'm VERY FRUSTRATED!!! Please help!!
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Now you know why many of us are trying to go back to
Windows98Se. It is more stable, and recoverable. I am
sorry to tell you that all your files are lost. That is
the way XP works. The only recovery is a complete format
and reinstall. There ARE other ways, but you are past
that point now. You might want to complain to Microsoft,
but that won't do much good. Just say NO to XP.
Next time it happens, ut in another drive and set up XP.
Put your old drive in as a secondary drive and copy off
the files to the new drive. Then switch them back if you
want. That is the only way I have seen. I partitioned my
drive into a C and D, with all my data on the D
partition. When XP ate itself, I only reformatted and re-
installed the C patrition, but lost all my settings and
installed programs. At least I got my data files back.
Then I had the drive fail. Hardward. My only recourse
was to go to my backup drive which was set up as a
bootable drive too. Unfortunately, I lost about two weeks
work. Really SUX, huh? I wish they would have fixed the
quirks in 98SE and the hardware suppliers would provide
support and drivers for the new stuff. XP is a real pain.
Hope this sets you straight, even if it doesn't help much.
-John
