User Account is Missing!!! Help!!!

[ptka]

Your right, I don't care about the account, I can re-download all my crap, I'm just worried about the 4000 word essay that I was almost done writing...
This is gonna be a fun last couple weeks of summer....
I'm still searching through with those two programs, maybe, just maybe something will turn up.
Still at a loss as to how a User Account can just up and disappear like that...

 

[Petey7]

It sounds like the account was corrupted by the iTunes install. I've heard that two don't play nice but didn't have iTunes long enough to be sure of the actual problem (I had to clean install). I know how hard it is to get through 4000 words (full time college student). Is it the final copy or a rough draft?

 

[ptka]

OKAY, sorry about the double post, BUT, Disk Digger is finding thousands of documents, I set it to find only Word 2007 because that's the file I need right now, they are all named Sector (numbers) but I opened one of them, it said it was corrupted but I clicked Repair and open, it did, and it was one of my random school work docs from a while ago, so basically, I'm SERIOUSLY hoping that the doc I need is somewhere in there....

Still, any suggestions about a way to get my User Account back....or all my docs back?

EDIT: Rough draft, but I'm only 16 years old...and I just can't help but shudder at the possibility of having to write my entire essay again...

 

[Petey7]

At least its only a rough draft so you don't have to be too careful with spelling and grammar if you have to retype it. And age has nothing to do with it. The idea of writing any essay makes me shudder and I prefer essays over most types of homework (worksheets don't exist in college).

It sounds like you're making progress so hopefully the file is recoverable. Good luck.

 

[richc46]

You have windows 7. Try to use back up and restore, to find old doucments. It is part of the OS. I hope that you can with your circumstances.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/648-restore-backup-user-system-files.htmlhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/backup-and-restore.aspx

 

[ptka]

I can try backup and restore, I'll do that right now, and Petey, yeah, if it comes to writing it again, then I'll just have to put my head down and do it, but I'd like it not to have to come to that.

I'm still just incredulous as to how a simple install of iTunes could have most likely irreparably deleted a user account...

Still...open to more help if anyone has suggestions!

 

[richc46]

Hey I have a solution, but up to you, if it is worth it.

A system image would do the trick. But everything will be changed as is was on the date of the image. Documents, pics, software.

 

[ptka]

Alright, honestly I'm up for anything, if I make a system image it will possibly restore the files on the other account...?

 

[richc46]

It is suppose to restore everything on the hard drive at that date and remove all that was not there. May I sugges that you back up the HD, now, before attempting this, so you can go back.

If you do not back up what you have and the System Image does not work, all is lost. Back up now on an external hard drive.

 

[DocBrown]

I'm not a Linux user, but would that access the Documents & settings if you boot from a Linux live CD ?

 

[ptka]

Alright, I will try this, if it works I'll send ya five bucks in the mail.

 

[richc46]

Not really looking for 5 bucks, but if is solved how about a big smiley. I think all that have helped would like that.

 

[Petey7]

I'm not a Linux user, but would that access the Documents & settings if you boot from a Linux live CD ?

Any files that have not been deleted can be accessed, but it sounds like the files are considered to be deleted, so they still would not appear.

 

[ptka]

Well, I'm going to back up everything as soon as I can, this has been a bad day...I could have just NOT installed iTunes, and just kept working on my essay...cause that's what I was doing, when I got distracted and decided to download stuff...stupid

And everyone who helped gets a thank you regardless, you've all been helping as much as you can for more than four hours, so thank you.

I'll try anything at this point, to just get that single file back.

And I realize that this is probably SO against the rules, but I would be able to use Disk Digger to recover the files all at the same time (and there are hundreds), but instead, it's forcing me to wait 5 seconds in between each file and then press a button. That's because its the unregistered version...wouldn't it be helpful to have the full version, gosh darn, that would be helpful.

Anyways, I'm going to try what you all suggested, again, thank you, I appreciate it, I just wish I hadn't downloaded iTunes, hindsight's 20/20 as they say....

 

[ptka]

After 5 and a half hours, I finally recovered the file, thank you everyone who helped, you don't know how much I appreciate this. Recuva finally found it, so basically...if this happens to anyone, I completely recommend this program...
Again, thank you three for helping me so much with this, you don't know how much I appreciate this and how many hours of wasted work you just saved me.

 

[richc46]

Lets see now. We got our thank yous, but no smiley.

And for a little bit more, tell your friends about us.

We are all really glad for you my friend, and I am so glad that recuva worked. I have suggested it to many and it works like a charm.

Now back up everything.

 

[madtownidiot]

There are alternatives to itunes if you want something to sync an ipod.. CopyTrans is a relatively good one. Personally, I use gtkPod in linux, simply because it can sync an ipod much faster than itunes does in windows or from a mac. But if you don't have an ipod, almost any media player app is better for just playing music than iTunes.. VLC or WinAmp are about the most popular

 

[bigg123]

Reinstall

 

[ptka]

Lets see now. We got our thank yous, but no smiley.

And for a little bit more, tell your friends about us.

We are all really glad for you my friend, and I am so glad that recuva worked. I have suggested it to many and it works like a charm.

Now back up everything.

Honestly, thank you: Petey7, richc46 and DocBrown. All of you are lifesavers!

Its all backed up, the second I recovered the file, I emailed it to myself and my dad, then put it on his flash drive, and now that I'm home, its on my external HD. Its very odd that iTunes would do something like that...

@madtownidiot: Thanks for the suggestions, definitely will look those up.

 

[richc46]

Its appreciation like yours, that makes us volunteer to help on the forum. Thanks for making our day.