deleted emails

[tinat]

since I don't have an exchange server account as I work from home, there are
some files that were deleted from my sent file that I didn't want to delete
yet. can I back up my outlook first then go to a restore point from a day or
2 ago when I know they were in there and retrieve them that way?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Yes, assuming the backup really does contain those messages.

Are you sure the missing messages aren't still sitting in your Deleted
Items folder?

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[Roady [MVP]]

If you mean by a restore point a backup that you made, then yes.
If you mean a Windows Restore Point, then no, as a Windows Restore Point
contains configuration settings and applications and not data.

If the items are not in any of your backups nor in your Deleted Items
folder, then you could try the following;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm