recover user account in windows xp

[DrumBum]

My computer died, and I had to put my hard drive into a backup computer as a slave to get the information off, and I had to change the ownership of the files to get into the documents. Now I'm back on my normal computer running from the hard drive. When I started it up, windows created a "new" account folder which is "Account name.COMPUTER NAME" where my original account folder was just "Account name." In order to get into my documents again, I changed the ownership back, but it still doesn't load from my original settings, and I don't really don't want to redo all my settings or reformat (too much hassle). Does anybody know how to get it to load from my original account settings and erase the new account "Account name.COMPUTER NAME"?

 

[DrumBum]

anybody?

 

[montag451]

I don't think you can, once an account has been deleted, that is it.

 

[DrumBum]

I'm sorry, I made that very unclear. In C:\Documents and Settings I still have the "Account name" folder with all my original files and settings, but my computer is loading from "Account name.COMPUTER NAME." In the User Accounts window (from the control panel) the only account listed is "Account name" and at the log in screen, the only option is "Account name" with my original password, but none of my original settings load.

 

[nweaver]

reboot PC
Log in as a different account with admin permissions
copy all the contents (most important is ntuser.dat) from username to username.computername
log out, log in as the user

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: nweaver
reboot PC
Log in as a different account with admin permissions
copy all the contents (most important is ntuser.dat) from username to username.computername
log out, log in as the user

Exactly :thumbsup:

 

[DrumBum]

sweet, thanks guys