Re: Deleted Users

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From: jer (jer_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 09:03:07 -0700

I'm having the same problem, only thing is that my computer crashed so i had
to reinstall Windows along with everything else, so I have no previous system
restore points available. I am familiar with the setting in Windows which
assigns each user account a unique identifier that cannot be duplicated even
if you create a new account of the same name. The problem is that I have
about 8 gigs of music and movies on my hard drive which i cannot access or
delete. When I go to the "Documents and Settings" folder, Windows tells me
that the old account is inaccessible, so I have no way of getting to any of
those files.
My question is, is there any way to bypass this and at least delete these
files?

"Li'l Roberto" wrote:

> "WildCat" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:24f7001c46071$37aa38d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > Is there a way to restore a deleted user account and the
> > contents of it (documents) in Windows XP? If so, how?
>
>
> Try using system restore to a date when the other user account existed.
>
> rgds
> Li'l Roberto
>
>
>

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