Missing Administrator Account

[redfrogs2000]

I re-formatted my hard drive about 2 months ago and re-installed Office XP
Professional.

I was using a default Administrator account until today when I thought it
safer to create a non-administrator account for daily use.

I created 2 new user accounts, "Admin" & "Newbie".

Once I did the original Administrator account disappeared. Along with it
went all the files I had saved. I am sure this account is somewhere but it
doesn't appear when log on or try to swap user.

Where is this account hiding?

Thanks in advance,
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Alias]

I re-formatted my hard drive about 2 months ago and re-installed Office XP
Professional.

I was using a default Administrator account until today when I thought it
safer to create a non-administrator account for daily use.

I created 2 new user accounts, "Admin" & "Newbie".

Once I did the original Administrator account disappeared. Along with it
went all the files I had saved. I am sure this account is somewhere but it
doesn't appear when log on or try to swap user.

Where is this account hiding?

Thanks in advance,
(e-mail address removed)

Go into Safe Mode and you'll find it. Also, when the Welcome window
appears before you go into Normal Mode, you can hit Crtl+Alt+Del and
make the Administrator account visible so you can log into it.

Alias