Re: [OT] Outlook major failure - big panic !!

["m_surgenor" <malcolm@xxxxxxx>]

mmmm, not sure what to suggest next since you've no backup (but then
you don't need reminding of that!)

I can't think of any circumstances where the whole file would
just 'disappear' in that way following a power cut.  I'm guessing
that the data must still be there on disk but that the file header or
structure info has been corrupted in some way.

Could you create a valid .pst file on another PC somewhere and look
at that with something like Uneraser or File Scavenger or some other
low level disk tool. Then compare that with what's on the corrupted
PC.

Also, I've no experience of them but there are other .pst recovery
tools mentioned at

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.htm

which may be worth a look.

Malcolm

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx; wrote:
> Malcolm
>
> Tried this - it reports file is to small to have any useful data in.
>
> I'm really starting to panic now.
>
> The file must have been at least 800+meg there was about 40,000
emails in
> there.
>
> Anyone got any other suggestions before i step outside with the
gun :(
>
>
>
>
> Dean.
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Malcolm Surgenor [mailto:malcolm@xxxxxxx...]
>   Sent: 31 January 2004 23:15
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Outlook major failure - big panic !!
>
>
>   Dean - have you scanned the .pst file with the Inbox Repair
Tool?  You
>   should have scanpst.exe somewhere on your PC.
>
>   Malcolm
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx...]
>     Sent: 31 January 2004 21:35
>     To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Outlook major failure - big panic !!
>
>
>     Help please...
>
>     Just had a power cut that lasted 10mins, just repowered my PC
and
> Outlook
>   wont open saying the outlook.pst file is not correct.
>
>     I have just looked at the file and it is reporting its size as
0k.
>
>     I know its much bigger than this as it has all my emails over
the last
> few
>   years - with no backup :(
>
>     Outlook Express seems to be broken too..
>
>     Help please - the machine is running WinXP - so the file cant
have been
>   lost in the power cut as it NTFS - can it ??



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