Accidentally deleted user account, now files are missing!!

[foster_trumpet]

HELP!

When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
and they are VERY important.

Can someone PLEASE help me???
--
Foster

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I regret to inform you that when you delete a User Account,
and ignore the message to backup the account's files, those
files are permanently deleted from your computer.

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

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"foster_trumpet" wrote:

| HELP!
|
| When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
| account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
| and they are VERY important.
|
| Can someone PLEASE help me???
| --
| Foster

[GHalleck]

foster_trumpet wrote:
> HELP!
>
> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> and they are VERY important.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help me???


Sure...for the next time. Lesson learned: Making dumb
mistakes in a "dumbed-down" computer system is usually
catastrophic. Next time around, set up discrete folders
for important data, information, etc., outside of My
Documents and keep these folders backed up.

[Rock]

foster_trumpet wrote:

> HELP!
>
> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> and they are VERY important.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help me???

Stop using the computer until you try some data recovery options. Here
are some utilities that might help, but there is no guarantee. There
are also data recovery services such as at www.ontrack.com or
www.drivesavers.com, but know that this is _very_ expensive.

Executive Software “Undelete”:
http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp

Also:

http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Recover and Restore Deleted Files (Line 36)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

File Saver Pro - Recover Deleted Files
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

www.recovermyfiles.com

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[DL]

Theres something not quite right here;
VERY important and no backup just dont go together

"foster_trumpet" <foster_trumpet(remove > wrote in message
...
> HELP!
>
> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> and they are VERY important.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help me???
> --
> Foster

[R. McCarty]

Huh - Accidentally ? - XP offers up a Keep/Delete files option on the
removal of accounts. For the Profile tree to be gone, you must have
answered that question. Also you would have had to working from
another account to have removed your primary day-to-day profile.
Have you looked in Documents & Settings (w/ Show Hidden, System
and Protected files enabled) ?

"DL" <dl@spoofmail> wrote in message
...
> Theres something not quite right here;
> VERY important and no backup just dont go together
>
> "foster_trumpet" <foster_trumpet(remove > wrote in message
> ...
>> HELP!
>>
>> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
>> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally
>> there,
>> and they are VERY important.
>>
>> Can someone PLEASE help me???
>> --
>> Foster
>
>

[foster_trumpet]

For some reason, I missed the "backup" prompt.
--
Foster


"DL" wrote:

> Theres something not quite right here;
> VERY important and no backup just dont go together
>
> "foster_trumpet" <foster_trumpet(remove > wrote in message
> ...
> > HELP!
> >
> > When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> > account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> > and they are VERY important.
> >
> > Can someone PLEASE help me???
> > --
> > Foster
>
>
>

[Uncle Grumpy]

foster_trumpet (remove this) wrote:
> HELP!
>
> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> and they are VERY important.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help me???

No

[[email protected]]

Hi,

I suppose Active@ undelete might help you. Anyway, it worked perfectly
for me and IMHO it has the most powerful restore methods. Give it a
try, I suppose you won't regret it.
http://www.active-undelete.com/
You can also try recovering under pure DOS, for this purpose Uneraser
is great.
http://www.uneraser.com/

[Garrett]

Hey foster I did the same exact thing you did! I accidentally deleted very
important files because I deleted a user account. I'm very angry. I don't
understand how windows xp allows all files to be deleted and not be able to
recover them.

Whenever I accessed my "important files" I always used 'windows explorer' no
matter what account was logged on (i.e. wife's or mine). But, since my
'important files' were placed under my account folder they were all deleted
when I deleted my user account. It doesn't make sense to be able to access
files from more than one user account yet have them deleted by deleting only
one of the user accounts.

Someone please explain to me the logic.



"foster_trumpet" wrote:

> HELP!
>
> When trying to fix a previous problem, I deleted my user
> account...completely! I cannot find the files that were originally there,
> and they are VERY important.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help me???
> --
> Foster

[Rock]

Garrett wrote:

> Hey foster I did the same exact thing you did! I accidentally deleted very
> important files because I deleted a user account. I'm very angry. I don't
> understand how windows xp allows all files to be deleted and not be able to
> recover them.
>
> Whenever I accessed my "important files" I always used 'windows explorer' no
> matter what account was logged on (i.e. wife's or mine). But, since my
> 'important files' were placed under my account folder they were all deleted
> when I deleted my user account. It doesn't make sense to be able to access
> files from more than one user account yet have them deleted by deleting only
> one of the user accounts.
>
> Someone please explain to me the logic.

The logic lies in always having a current, full and complete backup.
Mistakes happen, drives fail, people click the wrong thing. Data loss
is not a matter of if but when.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User