Recover a deleted user's windows XP Profile

[lack10]

Is there a way I can recover a deleted user's windows Xp Pro Profile.

Thanks

 

[Xander]

Haven't done one of these in some time:
http://bit.ly/SsOmcW

Did you ever figure out how to remove that Koobface virus?
http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3746

 

[lcoughey]

Step 1 - get a full clone of the drive
Step 2 - run data recovery software against the clone
Step 3 - if data not found, do step 2 again with another program
Step 4 - if data found, save to a hard drive (not the client original or the clone)
Step 5 - verify with client that data is 100% recovered, if so, then copy back to a folder on the original, if not, go back to step 2

A few things to note.

1. Odds of recovery go down the longer the system is used after the deletion
2. The data you are going to recover is possibly only to be found in RAW format based on file type, without the original folder structure and file name
3. Any data that has been overwritten is gone, unless there is a second copy of the file that hasn't been overwritten

Good luck.

 

[NYJimbo]

Step 1 - get a full clone of the drive
Step 2 - run data recovery software against the clone
Step 3 - if data not found, do step 2 again with another program
Step 4 - if data found, save to a hard drive (not the client original or the clone)
Step 5 - verify with client that data is 100% recovered, if so, then copy back to a folder on the original, if not, go back to step 2

A few things to note.

1. Odds of recovery go down the longer the system is used after the deletion
2. The data you are going to recover is possibly only to be found in RAW format based on file type, without the original folder structure and file name
3. Any data that has been overwritten is gone, unless there is a second copy of the file that hasn't been overwritten

Good luck.

Wow, you really think this is applicable to the OP's post ? Are you just trying to promote yourself ?

 

[lcoughey]

Got nothing to do with promoting myself.

We, very frequently, get projects from end users because technicians don't follow the "best practices" for data recovery and overwrite the original drive with corrupted data. If you don't feel that my advice is helpful to you, feel free not to follow it.

If my advice is so offensive and worthy of criticism, why not jump on Xander for suggesting google?

 

[NYJimbo]

Got nothing to do with promoting myself.

We, very frequently, get projects from end users because technicians don't follow the "best practices" for data recovery and overwrite the original drive with corrupted data. If you don't feel that my advice is helpful to you, feel free not to follow it.

If my advice is so offensive and worthy of criticism, why not jump on Xander for suggesting google?

Your post has nothing to do with the OP's post. Its just another attempt to promote your recovery service.

 

[Xander]

If my advice is so offensive and worthy of criticism, why not jump on Xander for suggesting google?

In my case, Google would have been an excellent resource for the OP. The very first result that came up look to have been a fairly competent walkthrough for a beginner like himself. In the results I got, the first several looked fairly decent at a quick glance. I would wager he hadn't even looked and came here first.

 

[seedubya]

@OP - there's a huge amount of info on this if you bother to google it. As lcoughey rightly says (at least partly)
"1. Odds of recovery go down the longer the system is used after the deletion
3. Any data that has been overwritten is gone, unless there is a second copy of the file that hasn't been overwritten"