Re: Lost files after using "Last Known Good Configuration"

Tom,

When you changed the password, you probably should have rebooted. A normal
reboot would have placed this as your Last Known Good Configuration.
Unfortunately, you went into hibernation without rebooting. I'm not sure why
you couldn't reboot normally then but because it didn't reboot normally the
Last Known Good Configuration was prior to the password change, hence, your
computer doesn't even know the excel file was even created. Anyway, that's
my theory. I found this link explaining the Last Known Good Configuration
option.

http://www.petri.co.il/last_known_good_in_windows_2000_xp_2003.htm

Drew




"Tom D" <tomdoster1.yahooDOTcom> wrote in message
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> When rebooting Windows with the "Last Known Good Configuration" option,
> does
> the operating system delete any user files? I'm missing some files after
> rebooting with this option, but maybe there are other reaons I can't find
> the
> file. Here's what happened:
>
> When coming out of hibernation mode I was asked to by Windows to change my
> logon password. This is a normal requirement on my system. I changed the
> password, recorded it in a password-protected Excel spread*** on the
> same
> machine, and then did some work. I later put the machine back in
> hibernation
> mode. Because I was changing the pw in public, I did things fast, so I
> didn't
> do a good job of commiting the pw to memory, consequently I can't logon to
> Windows. I tired booting with the "Last Known Good Configuration" option
> thinking that maybe, just maybe, my old password would work: it didn't,
> and
> know that I think about it I can see why it would be a bad idea if it did.
> The good news is that I did record the pw in an Excel spread***. The bad
> news is that for some reason I don't see that password file on my c:\
> drive
> when I boot the machine with a bootable DOS diskette from Active Data
> Recovery Software for accessing NTFS partitions on Windows XP. I do see
> lots
> of other files except some that I know I had created in the past few days.
> The odd thing is that I do see recent files on my d:\ drive.
>
> So, does using "Last Known Good Configuration" delete recent user files?
> Could there be a problem because I appied "LKGC" when coming out of
> hibernation without fully logging into Windows.
>
> If "LKGC" does delete the files are there any utilities that might find
> the
> deleted files or put my configuration back to the state it was in at the
> time
> I changed the password (that is to go forward and possibly recover the
> lost
> files)?
>
> I purchased a copy of Recover Lost Data 2005 from StompSoft at my local
> Office Depot thinking that if I can get my ThinkPad disk drive into
> another
> machine at work I might have a chance of recoverying the files if Recover
> is
> any better than Active.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom D


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