Windows Small Business Server User Roles - Missing or deleted

I have a small business server sbs 2008 r2.
The user roles, Standard, Administrator, Standard w/ admin are no longer available. I don't know why, or how. All I can guess is the previous IT admin, removed the roles, without permission.
I am wondering is there a way to simply get them back?

As Robert says, You can create them manually.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794287(v=ws.10).aspx
KnowHow :
Behind the scenes, each User Role is created as a disabled user account in Active Directory, and these accounts are used as “Templates” for user creation. To view these, open Active Directory Users and Computers (from the
Administrative Tools start menu folder, or through Start à Type “dsa.msc” and press enter. Drill down to the SBSUsers folder under “<yourdomain>\MyBusiness\Users\” and you’ll see several disabled user accounts listed.
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[12:35 AM] x says: Hi. Please see the question sent earlier.
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[12:38 AM] Gary says: Yes, that is true. I am sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.
[12:38 AM] Gary says: I am very sorry to inform you that currently we do not have any information on this.
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[12:42 AM] x says: Yes.
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[12:43 AM] x says: No.
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[12:46 AM] x says: No
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[12:46 AM] Gary says: Am I correct?
[12:47 AM] x says: yes.
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[12:48 AM] Gary says:
I will provide you all the information and guide you in the correct direction to address this issue.
[12:48 AM] Gary says:
I suggest you to get in touch with the Voice Support and I am sure they will fix the issue.
[12:49 AM] Gary says:
I will provide you a Service Request, when contacting the Voice Support, provide this Service Request Id and you will get a free Technical Support.
[12:51 AM] Gary says: Please provide me your Last name, First name, complete address, phone number,Email address, date and place of purchase of device and serial number of the device to create a Service Request Number.
[12:51 AM] x says: Of course I provided all this when I logged in, but here it is again:....
[12:54 AM] Gary says: Thank you for providing all the information.I need 5 minutes to register the device and create a Service Request.
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[1:00 AM] Gary says: Thanks for staying on hold: I am sorry for the delay. I can understand the inconvenience you are facing.
[1:01 AM] Gary says: Based on the information you provided, I created a service request for you in our database. The Service Request number is : 1-51558238041
[1:01 AM] x says: Will I get an email?
[1:01 AM] Gary says: Using this service request number, you need to contact our Voice Support department. Voice Support Department number is 877-426-3777. Voice support will be available from 5:00AM to 9:00PM (PST) on weekdays and from 8am - 5pm PST on weekends.Please note down the above given Service Request Number and Voice Support Number or else you will lose this information once the chat session is closed.
[1:02 AM] Gary says: Yes, I will email this chat session to you.
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