Log in Windows XP problem - unable to access normal range of 'My Documents'

Hi, I have an old Dell from 6 year with Windows XP.  When I turned it on today and logged on to the main user account, everything was different in that the desktop screen saver is the default and all the documents that I store under 'My documents' have disappeared, including my itunes.  Is it possible that I can get this information again?  Thank you

Simon

You have the classic symptoms of a corrupted profile.  It is not too difficult to recover.  Follow the instructions here:

"How to recover damaged Windows XP user profile"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555473 >

Usually, a corrupt profile is accompanied by too many damaged disk sectors.  After recovering, perform a check disk with the /f or/r option

"How to perform disk error in Windows XP check"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265 >

HTH,
JW

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