Re: Lost emails when merged User Accounts
From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 04/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:05:41 -0500
anonymous wrote:
> Hi, thanks for taking the time to reply...
> Merge was probably not the best way to describe it. I
> changed the log in name of the most used user account,
> then deleted the others, making sure to select the "save
> all files" option. Because of this the other user accounts
> arent there anymore, although they are restored with
> System Restore, none of the User Folders (ie so and so's
> Documents) are restored with them.
>
> oh and:
> "System Restore is a component of Windows XP Professional
> that you can use to restore your computer to a previous
> state, if a problem occurs, without losing your personal
> data files (such as Microsoft Word documents, browsing
> history, drawings, favorites, or e-mail)"
>
> that is from the help file, so hopefully you can see now
> how someone could make the mistake of thinking that system
> restore backs up your emails
>
The only way I can see someone thinking System Restore does anything with
their files is if they stopped reading where you left off your quote. The
full text in the built in help includes a note, the first note in fact, that
states:
"Restoring your computer does not affect or change your personal data files.
For information about backing up personal data files, see Backing up files
and folders."
And even just going by your quote, it does not say it restores your personal
data files, it says it does not lose them.
Anyway - did you manually go into the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder and
look for the files after turning on the ability to see hidden and system
files?
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