RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook .pst files

date posted 9th January 2008 20:01

Hi,

When Outlook archives things it usually creates another .pst file for =
the
archived stuff. Below your main folder in the list in Outlook, isn't =
there
a "Archive Folders" lot of folders?

Kind Regards

Ashley Harvey


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Ken =
Smith
Sent: 09 January 2008 18:51
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FORUM: Outlook .pst files


I got into a bit of a fix with the Outlook 2003 archive function =
yesterday.=20
Before I started trying to use the archive function, to make sure I =
didn't=20
lose anything, I made a copy (with Outlook closed) of the outlook.pst =
before

I let the archive function run.

The copy .pst file was in the same directory as the original. Then to my =

dismay, I found that even though Outlook did not have the backup file=20
'connected' as a data file; Outlook proceeded to archive the content of =
that

file too!

To make things worse, even though the archive was set to archive before =
1=20
Aug 2007 it actually deleted e-mail prior to Jan 2003 from everywhere!=20
Including the backup copy of the .pst file.

Arghhhhh!


The backup file is the same size as it was originally, its just the =
mails=20
are not visible from Outlook.

Any recovery ideas?

Thanks

Ken=20


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