How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP
- Ankur Desa
- Feb 13, 2016
- 2 min read
Hello World
Here is a useful tip.. (i know that practically no one uses XP these days) as the title suggests, how to copy data from a corrupt user profile to a new profile..
Create a new user profile on the domain computer
Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click User Accounts.
Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.
In the left pane, click the Users folder.
On the Action menu, click New User.
Enter the appropriate user information, and then click Create.
Create a new user profile on the workgroup computer
Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click User Accounts.
Under Pick a task, click Create a new account.
Type a name for the user information, and then click Next.
Click an account type, and then click Create Account.
Copy files to the new user profile
Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files to or from.
In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, andOld_Username is the name of the profile you want to copy user data from.
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
Ntuser.dat
Ntuser.dat.log
Ntuser.ini
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, andNew_Username is the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user.
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