Re: D'OH!

Whew!
I didn't delete the wrong one after all...

"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not without third party tools.
>
> Tip: The more you use the computer the less likely you are to
> successfully recover the files, especially so if you move files about,
> create new files or install software on the pc. DO NOT INSTALL file
> recovery utilities on the pc! It may overwrite the very files that you
> want to recover, in a case like this you should use a recovery utility
> that runs off a diskette, or at the very least use one with a small
> footprint and install it on a drive that other than the one from which you
> need to recover the files.
>
> These guys say that they can recover deleted profiles...
>
> http://www.forensit.com/Profwiz/index.htm#Success
>
> "...It will also list the profiles for user accounts that have been
> deleted from the machine. In this case, the actual user name is not
> available and you will only see the user account SID (Security
> Identifier."
>
> I haven't tried it and I don't know if it needs to be "installed" to work.
>
> John
>
> Mike wrote:
>> I accidently deleted a local profile on a WIn2k Professional computer!
>> Can I get it back?!?!?
>


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