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Hello all,

My Pc running win2k recently died on me and wouldn't start in safe mode, or be repaired using the recovery console. So I decided to do a clean install of the OS. I had a backup of the entire c:\ drive and the system state saved on another hdd so when i had the system up and running I used the backup and restore wizard to restore my pc using the backup file hoping it would then be in the previous state before it died.

All went well until my desktop loaded up. Icons were missing, my documents folder empty and the normal startup programs weren't loaded. All the programs in the start menu seemed to be there though. Upon looking at documents and settings on the root, there is a folder called user1, and inside all my documents that were missing.
I use to log on to my computer with the username : Admin.

I created the same user again and from what i can tell, when it logs in I'm on a profile which has never been used beofre and not on the Admin user i was on before with the user1 files.
Is there anyway to assign the current user Admin to load the documents and settings from the user1 folder as I think this would restore my computer to like it was before?

Thank you in advance for whoever can help me out

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The backup only restores the system to the state that it was in when you backed it up. Therefore if you back up an installation that is, for want of a better term, stuffed, then when you restore it it will restore it back as stuffed as it was when you backed it up.

Realistically you'd be better off keeping the backup image safe (as you should be able to extract individual files from it) and using a Windows CD to wipe the machine. Of course you'd have to reinstall everything afterwards but its the cleanest way of doing it.

[Neil Jones]

The backup only restores the system to the state that it was in when you backed it up. Therefore if you back up an installation that is, for want of a better term, stuffed, then when you restore it it will restore it back as stuffed as it was when you backed it up.

Realistically you'd be better off keeping the backup image safe (as you should be able to extract individual files from it) and using a Windows CD to wipe the machine. Of course you'd have to reinstall everything afterwards but its the cleanest way of doing it.