imaginarynumber
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Hi all
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I am trying to sort out a friends non booting laptop.
On boot xp falls over and whines about system32/software being corrupt. (Last known good config doesn't work or safe mode)
As it is an OEM I decided to use mini xp on the hiren boot cd to back up his photos etc before then doing a factory restore.
I navigated thru documents and settings but his account is no longer there. Other than the usual admin account and so forth there is a file with no extension called mick (his name).
The only proof that I can find that he ever existed is in the recycle bin where there are jepgs that came from documentsandsettings\mick.
Am I going to have to resort to using file recovery software? or should I just mount the drive in linux?
Additionally can i use the software hive from one of the system_volume restore points- I guess that this might not work though given that the user account is missing?
Thanks in advance
and
I am trying to sort out a friends non booting laptop.
On boot xp falls over and whines about system32/software being corrupt. (Last known good config doesn't work or safe mode)
As it is an OEM I decided to use mini xp on the hiren boot cd to back up his photos etc before then doing a factory restore.
I navigated thru documents and settings but his account is no longer there. Other than the usual admin account and so forth there is a file with no extension called mick (his name).
The only proof that I can find that he ever existed is in the recycle bin where there are jepgs that came from documentsandsettings\mick.
Am I going to have to resort to using file recovery software? or should I just mount the drive in linux?
Additionally can i use the software hive from one of the system_volume restore points- I guess that this might not work though given that the user account is missing?
Thanks in advance