Data Recovery?

**~bk** · April 26th, 2005

Well for some reason my user account in Windows XP was being weird so I had to delete it. I saved all my emails, documents and etc except for 'one' single folder which is usually on my desktop. It had my latest graphics work, and now I have lost it.

Is there anyway I can get it back, or recover it?

Thanks in advance for any kind of help.

**gonaads** · April 26th, 2005

Usually when you delete a user account (you being logged in as Administrator) XP will ask you if you want to save the users files that could be profiles or what not. I think if you had any folders on yer desktop under yer user account (the one that you deleted) it would ask to save it/them. I remember this from dealing with one of my daughter's computers (her user account was pooped to shiit, had ta kill it

). Did XP ask to save anything? If so, did ya look inside the folder? Maybe it got saved.

Yeah I read that you saved some things. But I izz assuming that you did on yer own.

**~bk** · April 26th, 2005

It only asked if I wanted to save 'My Documents.'

**~bk** · April 26th, 2005

Wohoo! Found them!

That folder was stored in the 'Documents and Settings' folder.

**Beginning** · April 26th, 2005

Right on.. I'm glad you got it figured... That not saving thing can be a real pain in the a$$..

**gonaads** · April 26th, 2005

Oh... damn.

uuuuuummm...

Every user account contains the files stored on the user's Desktop, the user's preferences, and other personal information. Once the account is deleted, it will be impossible to recover this data.

This was taken from here:

http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/d....accounts.html

Sorry

[edit] Wooo! Glad ya found them.

**~bk** · April 26th, 2005

Thanks guys.

**muzikool** · April 26th, 2005

Glad you recovered your stuff!

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~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 150	Data Recovery? Well for some reason my user account in Windows XP was being weird so I had to delete it. I saved all my emails, documents and etc except for 'one' single folder which is usually on my desktop. It had my latest graphics work, and now I have lost it. Is there anyway I can get it back, or recover it? Thanks in advance for any kind of help. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

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gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 345	Re: Data Recovery? Usually when you delete a user account (you being logged in as Administrator) XP will ask you if you want to save the users files that could be profiles or what not. I think if you had any folders on yer desktop under yer user account (the one that you deleted) it would ask to save it/them. I remember this from dealing with one of my daughter's computers (her user account was pooped to shiit, had ta kill it ). Did XP ask to save anything? If so, did ya look inside the folder? Maybe it got saved. Yeah I read that you saved some things. But I izz assuming that you did on yer own. *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

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~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 150	Re: Data Recovery? It only asked if I wanted to save 'My Documents.' +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

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~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 150	Re: Data Recovery? Wohoo! Found them! That folder was stored in the 'Documents and Settings' folder. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

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gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 345	Re: Data Recovery? Oh... damn. uuuuuummm... Every user account contains the files stored on the user's Desktop, the user's preferences, and other personal information. Once the account is deleted, it will be impossible to recover this data. This was taken from here: http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/d....accounts.html Sorry [edit] Wooo! Glad ya found them. *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

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~bk I <3 Adriana Joined: November 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,768 Reputation: 1230 Power: 150	Re: Data Recovery? Thanks guys. +bk.designs; + notebook + deviantART __________ // art is literacy of the heart <3

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muzikool Act your wage. Joined: December 2001 Location: Texas, USA Reputation: Yes, please. Posts: 7,626 Reputation: 2900 Power: 229	Re: Data Recovery? Glad you recovered your stuff!

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