outlook pst file recovery from formatted drive

ahmed · 07-27-2003, 07:33 AM

How can I recover a .pst file which had 40 personal folders with emails in them, the computer has been restored using compaq restore disk, and nothing was backed up.

some say that free ware programs can do this.

others say data is overwritten.

some say get a professonal.

please email an answer to [Emailed removed to prevent spam]

thanks,
ahmed

reneboy · 07-27-2003, 11:07 PM

If you restore your pc using your recovery disks I think you erased all previous files on your system. If this is the case bye bye *.pst .

:D

Levin6481 · 02-25-2008, 01:01 AM

In order to use Outlook Mail Recovery (.pst) Software, the .pst file should be physically present on the drive. So you have to first recover your .pst file using Windows Data recovery Software and once you have recovered your lost .pst files you can then repair them using Outlook Mail Recovery (.pst) Software.

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**OldGrayGary** · 02-25-2008, 11:26 AM

Hi ahmed, Hi all,

It all depends on where on the hard drive the .pst files were stored. If they were on a portion of the drive that has already been overwritten during the Recovery procedure, then - just as reneboy and others have mentioned - the files cannot be recovered. If the drive had a lot of accumulated data, and the files were stored beyond the section that was overwritten by the Recovery procedure, you might be able to recovery them using specialized recovery software, that can sometimes find files even after a reformat of the drive -- as long as the files haven't been overwritten yet. PC Inspector is one of the better freeware programs, but I'm not certain that it can recover the .pst format files. PC Inspector --- http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file...htm?language=1

Best of luck,
. . . Gary

07-27-2003, 07:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
ahmed Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nj Posts: 1 OS: 98	outlook pst file recovery from formatted drive How can I recover a .pst file which had 40 personal folders with emails in them, the computer has been restored using compaq restore disk, and nothing was backed up. some say that free ware programs can do this. others say data is overwritten. some say get a professonal. please email an answer to [Emailed removed to prevent spam] thanks, ahmed Last edited by Geekgirl; 02-27-2008 at 03:33 PM. Reason: Emailed removed to prevent spam

02-25-2008, 01:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Levin6481 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Win XP	Re: outlook pst file recovery from formatted drive In order to use Outlook Mail Recovery (.pst) Software, the .pst file should be physically present on the drive. So you have to first recover your .pst file using Windows Data recovery Software and once you have recovered your lost .pst files you can then repair them using Outlook Mail Recovery (.pst) Software. ________________ Levin Outlook Recovery

02-25-2008, 11:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	Re: outlook pst file recovery from formatted drive Hi ahmed, Hi all, It all depends on where on the hard drive the .pst files were stored. If they were on a portion of the drive that has already been overwritten during the Recovery procedure, then - just as reneboy and others have mentioned - the files cannot be recovered. If the drive had a lot of accumulated data, and the files were stored beyond the section that was overwritten by the Recovery procedure, you might be able to recovery them using specialized recovery software, that can sometimes find files even after a reformat of the drive -- as long as the files haven't been overwritten yet. PC Inspector is one of the better freeware programs, but I'm not certain that it can recover the .pst format files. PC Inspector --- http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file...htm?language=1 Best of luck, . . . Gary __________________

07-27-2003, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
reneboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 29 OS: Win95/98/NT/XP/ Linux	If you restore your pc using your recovery disks I think you erased all previous files on your system. If this is the case bye bye *.pst . :D