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Where does outlook sotre it emails?

  • 13-03-2004 11:13pm
    #1
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    A mate of mine clicked on a .prf file.. and it opened up outlook and seemly deleted all my emails
    please don't tell me i've lost 3/4 years of emails...
    thanks..
    lenny.


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  • #2
    milltown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭milltown


    C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

    In there should be an outlook.pst file, probably pretty big if like me you just read mails but rarely delete them. This one file contains all the mails and attachments.

    Best of luck!


  • #3
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    copy the .pst file quick to somewhere else , anywhere . NOW!

    Leave outlook open if you can. IIf you have exited stay out of it till you copy the pst file. If you exit and reenter Outlook the mails could be gone as it compacts to finally delete the mails and free up space on your HD.

    as long as the .pst file is over 100k in size it still has data , addys take up very little space if the file is over 1Mb in size it still has mail in there , albeit hidden as they are flagged for deletion.

    there are lotsa utils around to rescue corrupt or half deleted emails from .pst files.

    HTH

    M


  • #4
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    I did that copy and paste.. then went to import emails and contacts.. didn't get to select any files it just started inporting something itsself


  • #5
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    bah, just saw now its after importing a very old backup .pst I did a long time ago... so many contacts lost what a wreak the head :(
    are yea able to recamend any of those programs Muck


  • #6
    Lenny
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lenny


    This is after pissing me off, the way they all just deleted....


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  • #7
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    I did a disk friday...backed up everything onto my pc or so I thought.

    only after reading this thread I realised I forgot about my Outlook emails.

    6 months of damn emails lost :(

    wouldn't have minded if I had kept them in hotmail aswell....but I didn't :(


  • #8
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    Originally posted by Lenny

    are yea able to recamend any of those programs Muck

    Make a few copies of the outook.pst fle.

    1. Try scanpst.exe (part of Office install or on office cd maybe as scanpst.ex_ ) see if that 'sees' anything . It can fix some probs.

    2. If the pst file is 2048Mb or over it has reached its max limit. You must use an MS Util called PST2GB.exe to reduce it below that limit. It could be that.

    3. If not you need commercial utils, I cannot remember what I last used. Is it outlook 2000 or XP By the way, I hear outlook XP is a tad awkward to recover.


    M


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