My outlook .pst file overwrote itself and I lost all my saved emails
and address book. I tried the repair tool and went into my trash to
see if it was in the deleted area, but to no avail. I was about to
give up when a friend pointed out that my .pst file is very large for
one that was just created (34.3 megs). Question: can I recover my
old information from this file ? If so, what are the steps I need to
take ? Please lead me through the recovery process if there is one.
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
10 Mar 2003 23:25 PST
dektol...
Please let me know what happens if you open Outlook, and then
select, from the menubar, File --> Open Special Folder -->
Personal Folder. Then navigate to the 34.3MB .pst file and
open it. Does this give you access to the contents you are
seeking?
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
dektol-ga
on
11 Mar 2003 09:35 PST
A search for .pst files turned up these four files: 1)
mail.imagemogul.com-00000007 C:\Documents and
settings\administrator\local settings\application data\microsoft
outlook pst file 376,832 bytes 3/11/03 When I attempt to open it I
get: "unable to display floder this is the root of an IMAP store, the
root does not contain messages but may have subfolders ..... There
are no subfolders that I can access here.
2) mail.imagemogul.com-00000007.pst.bk C:\documents and
settings\administrator\local settings\application
data\microsoft\outlook. 81,920 bytes 2/6/03. This file is a back-up
I made AFTER the event. One I should have made BEFORE the loss.
3) outlook.pst.bk C\documents and settings\administrator\my
documents. 36,061,184 bytes 2/10/03
4) F:outlook mail.pst 43,401,216 3/11/03 ( I guess this is the
current active file)
I wonder if the information I seek is within any of the above files,
but unavailable.
JK
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
11 Mar 2003 16:48 PST
JK...
You indicate that you tried to open the "pst file 376,832 bytes
3/11/03". In Windows Explorer, go to the outlook.pst.bk file, and
rename it to outlookbk.pst or somesuch. Then, open Outlook, and
select, from the menubar, File --> Open Special Folder -->
Personal Folder. Then navigate to the outlook.pst in C\documents
and settings\administrator\my documents 36,061,184 bytes 2/10/03
file and open it. Does this give you access to the contents you are
seeking?
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Clarification of Question by
dektol-ga
on
12 Mar 2003 11:40 PST
I renamed the back-up file and opened it in Outlook, but it is the
file I saved "after the horses left the barn". I fear that Outlook
overwrote the original. I downloaded some software that allows me to
look for deleted, even partially overwritten files on the hard drive,
but I could not locate any deleted files of a .pst type. I was
wondering if outlook would concatenate or absorb the original in some
way that could be recovered but I find no evidence so far that it did
or could. Of course the answer to my troubles is to back up
frequently. I am unhappy, however that Outlook could be so easily
destructive to information. I am not optimistic at this point that
any information is retrievable.
JK
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Clarification of Question by
dektol-ga
on
27 Mar 2003 15:47 PST
Kahniget.......
Thanks for posting. What do you mean by "reset view" ? I am not sure
the file
overwrote itself, just presumed so because I cannot see any of my old
mail. also, should I compact the file to see if it greatly reduces in
size ? If so, how is that done.
Thanks,
JK
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