Recovering "documents & settings" after reinstall
From: Mike G. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:26:38 -0700
I had same problem. Your files may still be there.
Naviaget to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS
Now my question is how to get it back to
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users (not .WINDOWS)
MG
>-----Original Message-----
>Have a Dell Dimension 8250, new March 2003.
>Recently had a blue screen. Dell phone support walked me
>through "repair" but it kept hanging. Because of language
>barriers and hours spent on phone, effort was dropped.
>Next day second Dell support person started walking me
>through "repair" but again language barriers caused
>errors, including directing me to reinstall instead of
>repair. Voila, no old documents and settings, including
>email folders, word processing texts, important
>photographs, etc.
>
>After reinstall, and discovering that 'documents and
>settings' were missing, I wrote all recent files on the
>hard drive to a CD. I used Windows Explorer to find all
>files, including system files and settings.
>
>Is there anything saved in a different folder or registry
>file, and renamed or coded, that I can "restore"
>or "undelete" in order to find missing information? Some
>old information exists and is accessed by different
>programs, e.g., reinstalled McAfee Spamkiller has all old
>filters / friends, etc.
>
>It was not a "clean install." I installed it to a folder
>named Windows2 (previous OS folder was Windows), but it
>replaced the existing "documents and settings" folder
>with a new folder. There were files and previous "system
>recovery" points and information still on the hard drive,
>but not accessible from the reinstallation, as it thinks
>it Windows2 installation is the only one.
>
>Again, is there a way to access the saved files
>and "system recovery" folders and info to see what
>information is there, and to possible reconstruct the
>previous documents and settings?
>
>P.S. Not a newbie. Just flummoxed by newer software
>programs that don't let you think for yourself.
>Been 'puting since 1984 (IBM XT with two large floppy
>drives and no hard drive, rebuilt several times, through
>pentium board computer which I rebuilt or built several
>times. This Dell is first complete system since my
>original IBM XT). If this had happened in any earlier DOS
>or Windows platform, I could probably work around it;
>editing *.bat, *.inf, *.ini files, etc.
>
>HELP
>
>Kay
>
>
>.
>
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