Windows 10: When restoring my computer only my deleted files have been restored

When trying to change my computer username in the, C:\Users\[Your User Account], my computer opened to a new user where none of my files were. When trying to fix this I did a system restore however it's only restored my deleted files and nothing else, this is weird cause my last backup was only 4/5 days ago. I'm just waiting on another system restore right now I've been waiting an hour and was wondering if there was anything else I could do to make sure I get my files back.

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Deleted file restore software.

I cant remember if it recovers old files OR leaves new files on the computer even after you do the restore. I havent used it in a while.

 

Deleted file restore software.

Shute I never thought about system restore. But its been more than a week now, don't know if I can go back that far. But even then will it put back user files?

 

Deleted file restore software.

Oh.

So your running the backup software from the server and not the computer.

Yep I see whats happened. Just for the future (althought I am sure you wont make the same mistake again) make sure you select and option that says "if it cant find the file, DONT delete". If it doesnt have that option...switch to SynbackSE.

An FYI: difference between incremental and differential is that differential copies all new / changed files since the last full backup......incremental copies all new / changed files since the last backup no matter what it was (incremental/full/differential).

Now to get your files back:

Tried a system restore on the server?