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Recover user account documents

Hi, my son’s computer (vista home) had a corrupt user and created a temp profile. Whilst I was trying to fix the problem I followed some directions I found on the internet and somehow deleted his user profile thus deleting all his files. I have tried not to use the computer since and am nervous to try anything in case it overwrites the files. I’ve done a search for.pst files and nothing looks familiar. 1) Will your program recover his files? 2) Which one should I download and how much does it cost to recover the recoverable files? 3) So I don’t overwrite the files how what is the best way to download your program?

Celeste Stewart Recovering Deleted User Account Documents

While the data recovery software that we recommend can recover deleted documents for a low price ($40-$50 depending on the product selected), the good news is that you most likely won’t need it. That’s because when you delete a user account, you aren’t actually deleting the underlying folders where the data is stored.

User Accounts

User accounts make it nicer for individuals who share a single computer. For example, when two users share a computer, with separate user accounts, each person has their own My Documents folder and can customize the desktop to suit individual preferences. E-mail accounts can be tailored to download the user’s messages, Web browsers can be set to display personal favorites, specific software can be loaded, and so on.

The documents, photos, videos, music files, and other data are stored in folders such as: Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, Downloads, Favorites, etc. When signed on as a specific user, the operating system loads all of the preferred settings for that user and makes the user’s folders readily accessible.

When you delete a user account, these subfolders remain on your PC. The trick is to find them.

Finding User SubFolders

First, make sure that you are signed on with administrative rights and then into Windows Explorer. The easiest way to do this is to right-click the Start button and choose Explore. While an option in the submenu says, “Explore all users” it basically just opens Windows Explorer where you can then look for the folders. Choose this option or the Explore option (the result is the same).

Now, you’ll see the contents of the hard drive. Click the hard drive which is usually the C:\ drive. Scroll down to the User folder and click it. You should see subfolders for each user account, included the deleted one. Click your son’s User folder and you’ll find all of his User account subfolders - and all data.

Creating a New Account

Now that you know the data is safe and sound - and accessible - you can create a new user account for your son and then drag and drop the files into the newly created user subfolders.

Data Recovery Software

Even though you won’t need data recovery software to solve your problem, let me answer your questions for future reference. We recommend ParetoLogic’s Data Recovery products (Standard and Pro) because they’re easy to use. A free scanner let’s you see what’s recoverable so that you don’t waste money on a product when your data isn’t there to recover. Whenever downloading a data recovery program or scan, it’s important to download it to a different media device than the one experiencing data loss, because you don’t want to overwrite the files that you’re trying to recover. If the lost data is stored on the hard drive, download the data recovery software to USB stick, CD-R, floppy, or some other storage device and then run the .EXE file from that device.