formatted /home but didn't backup user settings

Hi, i formatted my /home partition but didn't backup user setttings, now i can't login with my previous user, i forgot to backup the hidden files, now is there anyway to add back the user, as i can only login with root.

As far as I know that's it..game over.(actually nothing like true..but is there anything you need to recover that is desperate..if so some details of which *nix OS it is and the file format, ext3/reiser, or whatever will help. Contrary to the previous it is possible sometimes to recover data from a formatted drive).. otherwise what you need to do now is from a root console prompt use the adduser command and make a new account in whatever name you want. Then it will go through a list of things. take notice of what you answer,, it will ask you for names and passwords.
Unless anybody can corect me I think all the data like user accounts and similar on a formatted drive is pretty well lost without some expert (not me) help

Jan..now on FreeBSD 6.1

Hi Jan, i'm using fedora core 6, the file format it was previous using was ext3. the only important thing i would say is my bookmarks for firefox, as i had no backup for it. I'm guessing it's pretty much gone and tarnish. Looks like starting all over again...

You might get lucky if it formatted the same partition size. No guarantees. What we need is a real *nix expert in here. I have lost my bookmarks so many times now I don't worry about them any more.
I'm sure there is a linux equivalent of the ms unformat command..but as I said, we need an expert. Just off for a quick look around. brb..

edit..for the sake of being quick I haven't done more than scan this page...

http://www.ptdd.com/datarecovery/ext3.htm

You're done as far as files (bookmarks). You can try recovery programs such as ptdd, but generally I would say it's toast.

Yo could use skel files to recreate the users home dirs and hidden files, but that will not retrieve formatted data.

give this a read.. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/117909.htm