I have two user profiles on the same PC with one (main user)having the administrator rights.
Today, when I attempted to log in as the main user, I got the following message: "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile. Possible causes of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator."
I found one microsoft support note which suggests that a new profile needs to be created and the contents of the old profile except .dat files have to be copied in the new profile folders.
However, all my folders in the original profile including are EMPTY The My Documents folder has disappeared altogether.
I am unable to retrieve valuable files.
Can anyone who has actually faced the same problem and has successfully resolved it suggest a step wise procedure to locate where my files have disappeared.
By the way, I tried system restore operation to restore the system three days backward. yet, everything is the same and the folders are empty. so, i have undone the system restore. thanks
Secondly, I see in my C: disk under hidden files and folders, several folders named "FOUND.xxx" folders numbered 1 to 16. the last one "FOUND.016" was created around the same time that i lost my profile. It is large sized at 897 mb. I understand that it is same as CHK.xxx files and can be removed. But in view of the problem of missing folders and files, I am hesitant to remove it.
please advise on my main problem i.e. missing MY documents folder and other files.
FYI I HAVE WIN XP SP2
thanks
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