We lost power at our Windows XP device received updates. How can I recover my machine?
Last Thursday my Windows XP machine was receiving automatic updates when I closed the computer. The screen says not to turn off our machine until updates were complete. We lost power before the updates were complete. The next time I logged on our 'User' account and it does not have our wallpaper can save anything. Nothing was in 'My Documents'.
It's looks like it has created a new account. In Windows Explorer, I see that 'My Documents' was really under the account "user-B2760D6ACA". This isn't an account that was there before. There is always a 'User' account, but connect brings you this new account. How can I recover my mahcine so that he can come back as it was before the automatic updates to occur? I tried "System Restore" option, but the sooner I can get back to East after Thursday (when the crash occurred).
How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP
Copy the data from the old to the new user account by following the steps here:
How to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile
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