lost pst files in 2003...

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I upgraded a user from Outlook 2000, to 2003. When I first opened up
Outlook 2003 to setup his acct, it wanted to associate the personal
folders the user had, but it couldn't locate them. I wasn't sure, and
figured I'll add them after the initial setup, so I canceled out of
adding them, and continued. The unfortunate part, is now I can't find
his .pst files. I've searched his hard drive and network drives for
"*.pst" and am unable to locate the files. I used PCI File Recovery
to see if maybe they had been deleted or lost, but am still unable to
locate the files; even after recoving all lost data. Any ideas,
thoughts, suggestions, etc....are welcome and appreciated. please
help.
 
FYI - Windows Explorer under Windows 2000/XP doesn't like to traverse
hidden/system directories. You need to verify that Windows Explorer will
show all hidden/system files. Windows XP file search will also require you
to specify that you want to search for hidden/system files after configuring
Explorer to show you all hidden/system files.
 
FYI - Windows Explorer under Windows 2000/XP doesn't like to traverse
hidden/system directories. You need to verify that Windows Explorer will
show all hidden/system files. Windows XP file search will also require you
to specify that you want to search for hidden/system files after configuring
Explorer to show you all hidden/system files.
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So .pst is a system file? Why?
 
I have it set to show all the hidden/system files, and still no luck.
I had the search utility set to scan system/hidden files, along with
zip files, etc...but still cannot find them.
 
Excellent question and it is something that MVPs inquire MS about on
occasion. Unfortunately there has never been a reason as to "why" PST files
are placed where they are by default.
 
Odd, POP3/IMAP accounts need one. Have you tried opening a command prompt,
change the directory to the root of the drive that holds documents and
settings, and then do a DIR *.PST /a /s?
 
Didn't think about doing it thru DOS. Will have to give it a try and
see if I can find it that way. Thanks.
 
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