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Hoping somebody has some magic advice...
sorry about the length of this problem but I think it is relevant to
understanding it..
I had the task of copying a users profile from one laptop to another...
I decided to use XP User Profile copy mechanism on Laptop A, (in system
properties-advanced). I've used it to copy profiles before.. I mapped
the C:\documents and settings folder of Laptop B and started the
process from Laptop A... but I think I may have specified C:\documents
and settings\jbloggs folder of Laptop A instead of Laptop B!!!!
I have no idea how a profile could copy over itself but that is what
happened(?) unfortunately there were no warnings
I now had a fresh new profile called jbloggs on Laptop A (panic)
I closed the laptop lid, it hibernated.. not a problem really since the
hiberfil.sys always exists, on or off
So with advice of others I tried a number of tools to recover the
vanished 4 gig profile..
1st EasyRecovery...EmergencyDiskette
It found the old profile name and the new one, both called:
C:\documents and settings\jbloggs YESSSS!
But I couldn't retrieve the profile as it was a dos boot disk without
usb/network support. And being a laptop no other hard drive to copy
the data to :~( NOOOO!
So restarting the laptop (twice, might have been a bad idea), I tried
EasyRecovery Windows installed to a USB key.. Trying every recovery
type I was unable to find the original profile! ohoh...
I then tried GetDataBack NTFS of USB key.. the same results, the
profile could not be found...
this all took an entire weekend
How can this 4 gig profile dissapear completely when EasyRecovery dos
orginally could see it?
Is there anything else i can(should) try before paying or telling the
user that they have to fork out for a professional recovery?
Appreciate all advice (and I'll deal with the criticisms )
Hoping somebody has some magic advice...
sorry about the length of this problem but I think it is relevant to
understanding it..
I had the task of copying a users profile from one laptop to another...
I decided to use XP User Profile copy mechanism on Laptop A, (in system
properties-advanced). I've used it to copy profiles before.. I mapped
the C:\documents and settings folder of Laptop B and started the
process from Laptop A... but I think I may have specified C:\documents
and settings\jbloggs folder of Laptop A instead of Laptop B!!!!
I have no idea how a profile could copy over itself but that is what
happened(?) unfortunately there were no warnings
I now had a fresh new profile called jbloggs on Laptop A (panic)
I closed the laptop lid, it hibernated.. not a problem really since the
hiberfil.sys always exists, on or off
So with advice of others I tried a number of tools to recover the
vanished 4 gig profile..
1st EasyRecovery...EmergencyDiskette
It found the old profile name and the new one, both called:
C:\documents and settings\jbloggs YESSSS!
But I couldn't retrieve the profile as it was a dos boot disk without
usb/network support. And being a laptop no other hard drive to copy
the data to :~( NOOOO!
So restarting the laptop (twice, might have been a bad idea), I tried
EasyRecovery Windows installed to a USB key.. Trying every recovery
type I was unable to find the original profile! ohoh...
I then tried GetDataBack NTFS of USB key.. the same results, the
profile could not be found...
this all took an entire weekend
How can this 4 gig profile dissapear completely when EasyRecovery dos
orginally could see it?
Is there anything else i can(should) try before paying or telling the
user that they have to fork out for a professional recovery?
Appreciate all advice (and I'll deal with the criticisms )