How undelete photos after deleting user in XP? 1

[bkemper]

While cleaning up a machine for client who bought a used machine 6 months ago, I deleted the old user only to find that my client had been saving all her baby's pictures for the past 6 months logged as the old user. She's hysterical. Is there any wild solution out there?

 

[mapleleaf]

bkemper,

You need undelete 3.0 from :-

http://www.executivesoftware.com/undelete/undelete.asp

Ian

 

[linney]

Removing a user is a two step process, did you complete both steps including deleting the folder when it was offered, or did you just remove the user and allow XP to save the old folder?

You can try using System Restore to go back before your deletion and see if that resurrects any old user folder.

Clutching at straws here but you can do a search of System Information folder and see if anything remains in there. You will have to show hidden and system files and have Administrator access.

Data Recovery links to try.

http://www.restorer2000.com

http://www.runtime.org/hints.htm

For these to work don't write any data to the computer until you have tried them as you will be overwriting any recoverable files.

 

[bkemper]

Found a freeware program that worked just great! You guys got me on the right track. The program I found is "Disk Investigator" and it's at:

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html

I'd enjoy reading any thoughts the rest of you have on this.