Hi all.. circa Sept. 15, (2013).. I put a password on my computer. A couple of days later; when i tried to log-on; I received an error message and was directed by MS help to log-on by using Safe Mode.. then for me to edit the Registry by deleting the offending profile entry/key.. well'; I deleted the last entry of the four but then thought to delete the first three as well... - This caused major problems for my System... I attempted to correct these by using System Restore -numerous times- ... to some degree, these SRs restored the 3 deleted registry profile entries.. but, despite having some success, for the life of me, I couldn't/can't, restore ANY of my 2 years worth of prior e-mail
{that e-mail and other data Had been backed-up to a clone on a flash drive on Aug. 15, 2013}...I later noticed that the data{e-mail/photos/docx} from 8-15 - 9-15 (2013) would also be missing
SO; I thought!, to attempt to restore this missing data I would use my Vista OS's Easy Transfer program with this flash drive clone {again, which was created: 8-15-2013}, -numerous times- :huh:
my computer is working as best it can so to speak and that is fairly nicely.. i can browse{although slow because since the Easy Transfers, my 70GB HDD.. has only 8GB free}. - I re-installed Spotify and it works good. - i downloaded and installed successfully a new free anti-virus program{Avast}(as AVG Free 2014 was/is now not able to install -due to "firewall registry settings"/would not update from AVG 2013 properly) - | the latest difference since 9-15 is that if i e-mail to a facebook e-mail address using my copy of MSOutlook 2007; it gets bounced due to an "auth" issue/s.. so I must e-mail to facebook using the online Yahoo.com Mail online interface/e-mail composer
- using my flash drive clone; I was able to Copy and Paste my photos{sans those taken/saved between 8-15 and 9-15} - I decided to wait before copying and pasting my docxs...
a spirited discussion of my first outreaches regarding this problem are located at www.piriform.com use keywords "Macrium" and me: "Andy G."
this data loss experience has been quite tragic for me.. I also did finally use Macrium Reflect Free to "Make an Exact Copy" -Image- {this time -Not- making a nefarious Clone} of -my 70GB C:\ HDD - using my previously empty 64GB flash drive- This Image file i think took up 55GB{this could have been 55%}
i will say that using a new user name: now "User"; i have been able to restore much functionality to my machine
i, out of necessity, had to experiment with user names. Before my problem, IIRC; i was/had one account named "owner" which was also as administator. During the problem (using multiple System Restores then Vista's Easy Transfer using my flash drive clone) - there would appear in one of the directories, a vertical list owner (110)
owner (35)
I tried to use it again, but it merely got added to the path as a subsequent duplicate name
and now won't let me use it because it is already being used
and when i started using "user" as my new account name it saved the "owner" account identity settings to a folder on my desktop
What I really treasure is my old and recent {8-15 - 9-15} e-mail.. I just can't find it anywhere; not on my HDD or its clone
the www.Piriform.com discussion might point out to you that during my Vista's multiple Easy Transfer attempts, the
two drives: my 70GB HDD and its 128GB flash drive clone may have switched identities and caused loss of data
please help!
thank-you
Andy G.
{that e-mail and other data Had been backed-up to a clone on a flash drive on Aug. 15, 2013}...I later noticed that the data{e-mail/photos/docx} from 8-15 - 9-15 (2013) would also be missing
SO; I thought!, to attempt to restore this missing data I would use my Vista OS's Easy Transfer program with this flash drive clone {again, which was created: 8-15-2013}, -numerous times- :huh:
my computer is working as best it can so to speak and that is fairly nicely.. i can browse{although slow because since the Easy Transfers, my 70GB HDD.. has only 8GB free}. - I re-installed Spotify and it works good. - i downloaded and installed successfully a new free anti-virus program{Avast}(as AVG Free 2014 was/is now not able to install -due to "firewall registry settings"/would not update from AVG 2013 properly) - | the latest difference since 9-15 is that if i e-mail to a facebook e-mail address using my copy of MSOutlook 2007; it gets bounced due to an "auth" issue/s.. so I must e-mail to facebook using the online Yahoo.com Mail online interface/e-mail composer
- using my flash drive clone; I was able to Copy and Paste my photos{sans those taken/saved between 8-15 and 9-15} - I decided to wait before copying and pasting my docxs...
a spirited discussion of my first outreaches regarding this problem are located at www.piriform.com use keywords "Macrium" and me: "Andy G."
this data loss experience has been quite tragic for me.. I also did finally use Macrium Reflect Free to "Make an Exact Copy" -Image- {this time -Not- making a nefarious Clone} of -my 70GB C:\ HDD - using my previously empty 64GB flash drive- This Image file i think took up 55GB{this could have been 55%}
i will say that using a new user name: now "User"; i have been able to restore much functionality to my machine
i, out of necessity, had to experiment with user names. Before my problem, IIRC; i was/had one account named "owner" which was also as administator. During the problem (using multiple System Restores then Vista's Easy Transfer using my flash drive clone) - there would appear in one of the directories, a vertical list owner (110)
owner (35)
I tried to use it again, but it merely got added to the path as a subsequent duplicate name
and now won't let me use it because it is already being used

and when i started using "user" as my new account name it saved the "owner" account identity settings to a folder on my desktop
What I really treasure is my old and recent {8-15 - 9-15} e-mail.. I just can't find it anywhere; not on my HDD or its clone

the www.Piriform.com discussion might point out to you that during my Vista's multiple Easy Transfer attempts, the
two drives: my 70GB HDD and its 128GB flash drive clone may have switched identities and caused loss of data
please help!
thank-you
Andy G.

My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Compaq Presario C552US Notebook PC
- CPU
- Celeron M
- Motherboard
- ?
- Memory
- 2GB
- Graphics card(s)
- none; Intel Graphics Accelerator System - built into CPU?
- Sound Card
- none
- Monitor(s) Displays
- is working