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| 487145 | 2006-09-25 00:10:00 | I'm sorry if this is the wrong place but it seemed the best. Last night I got done using my computer and shut it off. The computer has this problem of just restarting so I just flipped the power switch when it was on the Motherboard logo screen. This morning I wake up and start the computer it says it can't find my Windows system folder. I'm a little miffed but I figure it's my fault. I pop in the windows XP disk and let it load up the neccasary files. (A side question, Sometimes the CD gets stuck on a file and has to restart and then sometimes it doesnt, It is no specific file though, what could cause this?)So i press Enter To Set up Windows XP, I told it to fix (I can't remember the exact wording sorry) and it recognize that there was already a windows folder. I told it to delete everything in the windows folder and copy all the files into it, I believe. It installed the files and then went through the installation process after it was done it told me to enter my name, I put Cook because that was the name of my profile before. Now the computer restarts and boots up to the original, rolling hills desktop and 800X600 resolutions. All the program files are still on the hard drive and heres the kicker, when I go to C:\Documents and Settings Cook is there with everything in it and the profile I'm under is under Chris-Cook(chris being the name of my computer). Does anyone know how I can get that profile back. I can't logon to it in Regular or Safe mode. Please help. Thanks | ChrisC098 (11194) | ||
| 487146 | 2006-09-25 00:22:00 | Hi Chris, welcome to the forum. Sorry to say mate, but you have 'cooked' (lol) your profile bud. Lucky you didnt lose your file. When you told windows to fix itself, it reload all the windows file, when it asked for new user, you used the same. Windows didnt overright setting & docus\username file, however a profile is a different story as it contain SID, or user security id etc, so you got a new one. Points to remember when dealing with profiles, cause they do corrupt sometimes and need to be deleted and re-created, are when deleting profile, be careful not to delete files also. It is possible to save a profile to copy back over a new one, however, you arent gonna be doning that right now, so wont go into it. Bad luck with the profile, count yourself lucky you didnt lose your files |
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