I installed WinXP on my Win2K Pro laptop. I had the computer on, and running
on my profile when I inserted the insall disk. I chose the upgrade option,
as my installation fit the requirements.
Once I was done, the computer came on with my wifes profile, but mine was
missing. I logged into her profile, and attempted to set up my profile
again, however, it said that profile was already in use. I mada an admin
account for myself using a nick name. I look in the user accounts area, and
it only shows my wifes account and my nickname account. When I reboot the
computer, it only shows two choices, my nickname account and my wifes.
Is there any way to recover the original account? I backed up everything
that was on that account before I did the installation, so it's not a
question of recovering information, but there is no reason to have all of the
stuff on the HD twice!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Galen - 30 Oct 2006 21:58 GMT
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> I installed WinXP on my Win2K Pro laptop. I had the computer on, and
> running on my profile when I inserted the insall disk. I chose the
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> to have all of the stuff on the HD twice!
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Is the account listed in C:\Documents and Settings\<account name here>?
When you reboot, press CTRL + ALT + DEL (twice if required) at the logon
screen and type in your old username and password in the login screen, does
that get you into your account?

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