How to Recover Files From a Deleted Account

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Tip 1 - Deleted user account, lost everything in My Documents

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by pl 3x | permalink

I was having trouble with my user account in XP, so I created a new one. I deleted the old one, and a window popped up that gave me the option to save all of that user's files to a desktop folder (na

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248224-45-deleted-user-account-lost-documents ^[1]

Tip 2 - How do you restore a deleted user account?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by danyel miller | permalink

How can I restore/recover an accidentally deleted user account and get all of my stuff back? Another user accidentally deleted it because she thinks she's computer savvy and is not. Please tell me there is a way to do this so I can get back all my stuff. I need that stuff.
Tags: HP Recovery manager, install, minimized, full, discs, create

For further reading: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Recovery-Reply-Only/How-do-you-restore-a-deleted-user-account/td-p/722293 ^[2]

Tip 3 - How do I recover deleted files? (Dropbox Help Center)

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Saverio Roncone | permalink

Dropbox Help Center -- For your questions regarding Dropbox's Basic service, Dropbox Pro, and Dropbox for Business
Tags: online storage, free storage, file sharing, share files, awesome, cloud storage, online backup, cross platform, sync, sharing, mac, windows, os x, linux, backup, collaboration, file versioning, file revisions, remote access, undelete

For further reading: https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/296 ^[3]

Tip 4 - Using the Trash to Restore Files and Folders

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kelly Pollard | permalink

Storage Allocation Accessing the Trash Recovering Items Admin Settings Box features a Trash, that allows you to recover files and folders that have been deleted. By default, all deleted ite...

For further reading: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519768-Using-the-Trash-to-Restore-Files-and-Folders ^[4]