.pst file completely disappeared

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Guest

I have spent the whole day trying to find my .pst file.

My computer crashed and I am trying to restore everything. All the files are
on the harddisk.

I have spent hours reading instructions on find the .pst file. I have done a
search for *.pst on all my hard disk, making sure hidden files are searched
and I have manually looked, repeatedly, in every possible folder the file may
be in.

The only issue I can see is that in 'Documents and Settings' there is an All
Users folder, a Default User one, an Owner one and a My Name one, but the
latter one is empty. The other three are not.

I imagine that is the folder where my .pst file should have been stored.

How could the folder become empty for no rhyme or reason? Nobody has touched
my computer except me and, like I said, every other file and folder on the
computer is there as far as I can see.

Can anybody help please as I am devastated about losing my critical emails.
 
When you search, also check search in System Folders.
If you were in Outlook when the crash occured, it could have "eaten" the pst
file
 

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