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Question

Windows 10 Deleted User account Issue, Please help

Jun 26, 2019 5:26AM PDT

I recently had to pawn my laptop computer to be able to pay my rent, I picked it back up yesterday and noticed that since they assumed I was not going to pick it back up (I was late on the last payment by one day) they deleted my user account, now none of my program files have changed but my desktop is completely empty as well as all my document files that were a part of that user account. I noticed they used a software called "System Saver, Pawn Edition" which is from White Canyon Software (Pawn Shop Software - WhiteCanyon Software)
My question is this, Is there a way to recover all those files by simply restoring that user account? and is restoring that user account even possible? If so what is the easiest way to go about this? I have already run system restore back to the date that they installed that software, it took about 2 hours for the restore to complete but it did not change my user account back to what it was before. I really need those files that were on the desktop as I am a graphic designer and it contained tons upon tons of custom vector designs that I have amassed over the years, they are really irreplaceable. I have installed data recovery software such as MiniTool and EaseUS but I cannot seem to find a way within those programs to recover my old desktop folders. Any help or direction will be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance to anyone willing to help me figure this out as I have exhausted all my know-how and attempts thus far.
Another question, if I use a recovery software is there a particular file or directory I should look for that will contain my old use account data? Something such as where I could restore something that would give me my old user account back?

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Have to write no.
Jun 26, 2019 8:34AM PDT

Since installing any recovery app like RECUVA can overwrite files and files have likely been overwritten it's no.

This is too late but with free storage on dropbox and other places it's odd to lose files today. Usually happens to folk that never thought about backup copies.

Sure, try RECUVA but the outlook is the same from here.

All the moderators will tell you:
"We only lose what we don't backup."

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Thank you , got it straightend out
Jun 26, 2019 2:11PM PDT

Thank you everyone for your help, For some reason like a god send i found an old 32GB thumb drive I was gonna use to install data recovery software on and as it turns out the thumb drive had all my most important files on them, so it turns out I did back up at one time. Now I need to just get a good backup plan in action just in case. any ideas?

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You are pretty close to a good backup plan.
Jun 26, 2019 2:23PM PDT

Now you only need to remember where your stuff is and how to put it back.

But since what you couldn't lose fit on a 32GB stick, do the core items fit on 2GB space? If so, setup dropbox to get into a better state of backup.