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More info?)
You might have success with an application like this one
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html or this one
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm
Try to limit the use of the system so that the deleted files do not get
overwritten. You also need to recover your files to an alternative
destination like a second hard drive or CD-R/W formatted with packet writing
software. Trying to recover back to the same partition as the files were
deleted from will likely cause corruption of the files.
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"Geo_" <Geo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F04F2918-13B5-4E1B-AEEA-E36724D756E2@microsoft.com...
> Hi - the MS advice just tells you to back up before you delete.
>
> My problem is that my 8 year old daughter just deleted the user account
> AND
> all its files - mine.
>
> How can I get them back?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> All help and advice gratefully received!
>
> Geo_
>
>
> "Thorsten Matzner" wrote:
>
>> Hom <Hom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I deleted an account then I couldn't find files in "my documents" and
>> >desktop.
>> >Could I recovery the account or recovery these files? (I couldn't find
>> >by
>> >searching harddisk)
>>
>> See "User Data Is Missing After You Delete a User Account"
>> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313877).
>>
>> --
>> (tm)
>> ICQ: 192649233
>>
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