Yeah, I've seen that scenario more than once. Humorous each time. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership*
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Peter van Houten <[email protected]>wrote: > I also had a client complain about their deleted items being emptied. > > "But that's where I keep all my information!" > > "Umm...why don't you rather create a few sub folders...?" > > So... > > I had this note filed away but I cannot vouch for its success: > > Note: Only works if PST has not been compacted! > > 1) Make a copy of the PST *NB!NB!NB!* > 2) Open the copied PST in a hex editor. > 3) Fill addresses 00000006 - 00000012 with 20h > 4) Save the corrupted PST. > 5) Use SCANPST.exe, to recover the file (c:\Program Files\Common > Files\System\MSMAPI\1033) > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497 > > Open the recovered PST in Outlook; the deleted items should be back. > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 01/12/2009 01:03, Hilderbrand, Doug wrote the following: > > I'm looking into OutlookFix Repair and Undelete 1.01 right now, but the >> word demo is in the downloaded filename, so I have my doubts. >> >> http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Email_Tools/Misc__Mail_Tools/OutlookF >> IX_Repair_and_Undelete.html >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hilderbrand, Doug [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:51 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Any suggestions for undeleting emails from a purged Outlook >> deleted items folder in a pst file? >> >> I was working for an afterhours customer and instinctively emptied their >> Outlook deleted items folder. What a mistake. They needed some of the >> files, they just wanted them out of the inbox. I gotta watch that itchy >> delete finger. Any ideas? I know that a pst is really a little database >> file and stuff doesn't get deleted until you "compact" it. But how do >> you surface the deleted files again? >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
