On my computer there are 4 different profiles. as of a few days ago i have been unable to log on to my profile, a message comes up and says that there is a problem with the local profile, it does not give specifics, but merely creates a temporary folder that doesnt save work. I have used the other profiles to search the computer for any of my work but it can not find any at all.

Is it possible to recover any of this work or should i just delete the profile and create another.

Error Message: Windows Cannot Load Your Profile Because It May Be Corrupted
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q318011


Create a New User or Restore the User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q318011


Suggestions:


Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate the
entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the Policies
tab, uncheck Enable write caching.


You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt
registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause.


Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
hives.


Or...


Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system
restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to
appear.


Or...


Relocate NTUserdat


Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change and
then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to use.
You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.


Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm


How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q307545


Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1 (Line 58)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm