User Profile deleted

[Fitz]

XP Home. A friend of mine deleted someone else's user profile in error and
would like to get it back. The deleted account does not show up in My
Documents and settings. Will a Restore (or anything else) retrieve this
account?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

System Restore does not restore user profiles. Once the
profile is deleted, it is gone forever, therefore unrecoverable.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| XP Home. A friend of mine deleted someone else's user profile in error and
| would like to get it back. The deleted account does not show up in My
| Documents and settings. Will a Restore (or anything else) retrieve this
| account?
|
| Thanks in advance.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Recovering Deleted Files:
http://aumha.org/a/recover.php

Recover lost or deleted files from the hard disk using PC Inspector:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/recoverdata.htm

Data Recovery Tools: (Big list from Spencer.s)
http://crazyone.tekmasters.com/datarecovery.html

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Also, note that the undelete tools won't bring back the user account, but
you can use to recover the files.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Fitz]

Thanks guys. I found out after I posted, that this profile was deleted
about 4 MONTHS ago. So I advised the lady that the profile was toast.
Thanks again!

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***
NEVER download files from anywhere unless it is from the website of the
developer, manufacturer or some entity that you trust. They ALWAYS have the
most up to date files that haven't been tampered with by some third party
who is "hosting" (read Leeching) those files without permission.
***

 

[WTC]

Thanks guys. I found out after I posted, that this profile was deleted
about 4 MONTHS ago. So I advised the lady that the profile was toast.
Thanks again!

--
***
NEVER download files from anywhere unless it is from the website of the
developer, manufacturer or some entity that you trust. They ALWAYS have
the most up to date files that haven't been tampered with by some third
party who is "hosting" (read Leeching) those files without permission.
***

Even if System Restore was possible, I would never do a restore that is 4
months back because of all the changes that occurred in the particular time
frame. And quite possibly the restore points would be lost due to time.