lost user profile after upg xp home ed 2 xp pro

From: alpha (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/12/03 

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:57:14 -0800

after changing my mother board, i couldnt boot with
xp home ed, so i installed pro.
but after the installation, my old profiles werent
migrated. they do not appear anywhere neither in the user
accounts control panel nor at the start profile window.
their folders exist in the Documents and settings folder
and i was able to open those profile that didnt have
a password and put them in a new profile but i cant do
anything with those protected
by a pass.
Please help O world wide security gurus.
.

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