Recovering .pst file?

Slime101 · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:12

It appears i've screwed up, the outlook pst file i copied was not the current one, and i have now reformatted (quick format) and re-installed windows XP.

Is there any way i can recover the "old" pst file from whereever it may lie on my HDD from prior to the re-format?

I'm desperate for this as i have lost all my emails back to march 2006

zetec452 · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:14

There is an old thread somewhere with some good software, get data back might be one of them. Although if you have reformatted you may be out of luck.

best thing would be to turn your pc off right away, take the drive out and put it into another machine when you ready to recover the data.

Slime101 · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:17

I dont have another machine that will take a sata drive

I'm going to try and get my broken tempramental laptop to communicate over the network to see if i can recover it.

9 months of personal and business emails lost :mad:

skiba · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:20

Did you go a quick format of a full format when you reinstalled? If it's just a quick format you should be able to get it back, Windows will just mark it as deleted but the data will still be there until you overwrite it.

I would recommend Easy Recover Pro, great program...

zetec452 · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:21

Time to get your butt into gear and get some backups running matey.

May I suggest taking a look at syncback and buy an external drive.

Slime101 · 23 Dec 2006 at 15:27

I thought i had the file backed up - turns out that outlook had 2 pst files running, one i knew about and one i didnt.

Uhtred · 23 Dec 2006 at 16:37

doesn't matter if you did a full format or quick, it will still be there. getdata back and easy recovery pro are two good ones. Good luck.

Slime101 · 23 Dec 2006 at 16:53

I've got get data back from some recovery i did for a friend a while back - run it on the laptop and the 2 computers refused to talk, typical!

So i've rebuilt my old machine with a "new" spare HDD, installing windows now and then shall put on GTB and plug in my hdd as a slave, and hope to recover the data that way.

Fingers crossed!