I had my computer for a while now and decided to give it to my brother. I was still planning on using it but not very often so I decided to make another account for him. When I created the other account it somehow overwrited my administrator account and now only his account is available when you choose to logon to the comp. I know all my files (music, movies, photos, etc.) are still on the computer because my xbox 360 can play the music files when I connect it to the computer. Then when i go to C:\Documents and Settings the "Administrator" folder is there along with my brothers account, the guest account, and all users account. (I never made a guest account) When i try to access the administrator folder it says access denied. All my files are still somewhere on the computer, but I just dont know where. I've also tried using the search for it but it wont work. Just wondering if this problem can be fixed or not, not to sure if anyone else has had this problem.

P.S.: I recall when making my brothers account and I decided to not give him admin powers and it said there had to be atleast 1 account with administration power even though the account i was using was admin. Not sure if this helps anything. Thanks in advance.


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Hi Mixup,

Welcome to PCHF.
We have a staff of techs who have a wide variety of skills and will be able to help you with your problem, this is not my area of expertise, one of the folks who can help you should be along shortly.
Thank you
Cart

While there are no users logged into the pc, do a ctrl-alt-del twice. That will bring you to the old style login screen. Type administrator in the username and whatever your password was, (if you had one), that will allow you to login under the administrator logon. Then create a new accout for yourself, log in under that acct. so it creates your folders and transfer any of your documents over.

Hope this helps!

Wow thnx alot i have been looking for a way to get my files back for a long time. Thnx alot really appreciate all the help.

Thanks sv_crash_josh !

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