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Restore local user profile on Windows 2k

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by burtonizer 3 views

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We were trying to assist a user, and when logged in as administrator on the local box, we deleted "unknown accounts" in the local user profile section. One of the "unknowns" was 56mb....but, the users local profile was there as well. When we rebooted, everything is gone, mail settings, documents, internet favorites, etc....how can we restore the local user profiles we deleted? There is nothing in the recycle bin.....

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by otl

There is a way, unfortuntly I do not know the HEX address for the directory with the information you want to undelete. Since MS in their infinite wisdom removed Hexedit from the available programs, Debug still works, this is a hex-edit program thatallows to the bit changes on the hardrive. When a directory deletion is done it inserts a hex ?? (Sorry I forgot) as the first character of the file name, this denotes it is a deleted item, but retains the location, file size, and date information. As long as no additional items have been written to this directory it will stay intact. If the hard drive has been written to the file may no longer be complete.

Hope this helps.

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