Saturday, June 21, 2008

Restore Deleted Items from an Outlook PST file

Found this link that may come in handy on restoring deleted items from a .pst file (Personal STorage file). Not a quick fix but if you are desperate it may help.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm


Here is the text with some notes from me.
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This guide will instruct you how to recover all your deleted messages since the last time you ran “Compact Now” on a PST-file. (I will post a tip on compacting PST files)
When you haven’t closed and opened Outlook in between you’ll have the best results. If you have restarted Outlook in between the results are unpredictable.
If the items aren’t restored at the first attempt you could try again and delete more or other characters at the beginning but I don’t think it will work.
The best way is always to restore from backup; preventing is better then curing.
Locate the *.pst file (see my note below on how to locate) and create a copy of it to work with (never mess around with original files!)
Open the *.pst file in a hexadecimal editor. (I use UltraEdit for this) (I found a free one at www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~prewett/hexedit)
In the column on the right side overwrite character 7 to 13 with spaces. In the hexadecimal column (left column) block 7 to 13 will display 20 (hexadecimal value for a space)
Save the *.pst file
As you have now corrupted your pst file you need to run scanpst.exe (located in c:\program files\common files\system\mapi\1033\nt or just search your hard drive for scanpst.exe - note that this can take a couple of hours to run) to repair it
When scanpst has repaired your pst file open in it Outlook and look in the Deleted Items folder or in the original folder to locate your deleted items
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  1. How to locate the PST file.
  2. Right click the folder set
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Advanced
  5. Look at path in File Name Field.



24 comments:

Alex said...

Where is fine tool-outlook restore, recover data from Microsoft Outlook .pst files, can also be used to recover data from Microsoft Exchange .ost files and convert them into Microsoft Outlook .pst files.

Anonymous said...

I heard a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced Outlook Repair is also availabe for repairing your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files.

Alex said...
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Alex said...

For solve problem with pst files and other similar files advise good tool-pst file repair utility,tool is free as far as I know,it recover corrupted files with *.ost and *.pst extensions,can help you to extract all messages and contacts, your mailbox will be completely restored,can preview the results and see, which messages can be repaired successfully with Outlook .pst file repair program,can save the results to their hard drives or any other removable media,supports extracting of *.vcf, *.eml and *.txt formats,also possible to convert recovered data to a file with *.pst extension, that can be opened by any email client, compatible with Microsoft Outlook.

Anonymous said...

I must admit that exist nice tool-recovery file .pst,it works with mails and perhaps more than,also application is free as far as I know,utility recover data from files in *.ost and *.pst formats,permits to avoid data losses, when mail server administrators face a problem of viruses, hardware damages or software errors,will process a backup copy of your account in *.ost format, that is created automatically by your mail server and convert all messages, contacts and even attachments to a file with *.pst extension, you may open it offline by any email client,start working on corrupted pst file recovery with Outlook pst file recovery software.

Bob Luis said...

You may also try a very popular PST Repair Software to repair corrupt Outlook PST & recover email, calendar, notes, tasks, contacts and other pst file items. The software also retrieves lost PST Password & Split PST File of Microsoft Outlook.

Alexis said...

Know one nice tool which recover mails and may be more...It is free as is known-opening a .pst file.Besides that it helped my good friend in serious situation.It can works under Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista and all supported versions of Microsoft Outlook.

Anonymous said...

You may find following article very helpful to recover deleted outlook email.
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5054599.html

You may also try another powerful Repair pst software to successfully repair corrupt pst file and recover your delete outlook objects

Mohit Mathur said...

You can also Compact PST File using Stellar Compact PST software that Compress PST File to reduce its size & hence saves it from corruption.

Unknown said...

The points described in your article are good. A demo version is generally effective for the user before you buy the actual program. Always go for a software that has a positive reputation in the marketplace to ensure that it saves data on first go if not the condition just becomes more intense. Disk Doctors has some very good tools that can recover anything, so get this for ideal results.
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Andrea Laura said...



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Unknown said...

Easy and finest way to convert ost to pst file with ost to pst converter software. It is available as a free to try. In free version you can see the preview of converter mailbox.
http://www.osttopstconverter-tool.com/

Unknown said...

Well, the best solution to repair corrupted PST files is using third party PST Repair Software. It is quick, effective and very easy to use tool. For more info visit : http://www.pstrepairsoftw.com/

Unknown said...

Really, it frustrating moment for any user. I too encounter same issues but thanks to solution i get here:- http://download.pstrepair-tools.com/

Manoj said...

Outlook PST recovery software is a reliable solution to repair and recover Outlook personal storage file '.PST'. After repair, the contents are restored to a new importable PST file. The application also facilitates the recovery of folders.

Read more : http://www.tools4recovery.com/outlook-pst-recovery.html

peter watson said...

Informative stuff nice I hope you will continue to share more content in future like this extract phone numbers from outlook

Abrienne Jonethan said...

Also prefer to read the article here to recover deleted PST file

James L. Cummins said...

When an email is deleted from Outlook, the message is not deleted from PST file. To recover these emails from PST file, I have used SCANPST.EXE free tool provided by Microsoft. After execution of scan operation, stills mails are not restored. Then lot of search over TechRepublic website, I have collected few tools which are used by users who are facing same error. I also used these tools and restore all deleted mails.

Go through to all these tools and provide your feedback with other users.
https://www.stellarinfo.com/outlook-pst-file-recovery.php
https://download.cnet.com/Stellar-Repair-for-Outlook/3000-2369_4-77406922.html

Paras said...

If you're looking for the best Outlook PST repair tool, I would suggest you the same tool I was recommended by one of my friends. Outlook PST Repair Tool is the simplest tool for repairing corrupted PST files, recovering and converting email data. This tool provides data security as well as integrity with speed. This Repair Tool is even compatible with every MS Outlook and Windows version.

Check for more info- https://www.bitdataconversion.com/outlook-pst-repair.html

David Clark said...

PST Repair Tool is the key solution to recover every corruption in the Outlook data file. It is easy to use the tool and provide the fastest recovery in just a few moments. It also allows you to save the recovered data into new PST file and other various file formats as well.

Get start to finish guide to outlook PST file.

albertbell said...

You can try this Regain Outlook PST Recovery tool if you want to Repair your corrupt PST file. Checkout this Software free trial version and see the original results.

kyle.minor said...

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