PST Restore Unsuccessful, Suggestions?

[Guest]

Greetings.

I have a client with a corrupt PST file. It registers with a file size of
198 MB, but upon loading into Outlook 2k3, it is empty. Strangely enough, the
Inbox is missing.

I've attempted a PST restore, and errors are found, but the repaired file is
the same as the first.

Importing the PST into an existing one, and allowing duplicates, does nothing.

Creating a profile and using the data file as the delivery location, in
order to possibly rebuild the Inbox folder, was unsuccessful with both the
corrupt and "repaired" pst files.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

When you use File-> Open-> Outlook Data File is it still empty?

If so and scanpst.exe can't fix it you'll need a third party receovery
application like;
http://www.officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Greetings.

I have a client with a corrupt PST file. It registers with a file size of
198 MB, but upon loading into Outlook 2k3, it is empty. Strangely enough,
the
Inbox is missing.

I've attempted a PST restore, and errors are found, but the repaired file is
the same as the first.

Importing the PST into an existing one, and allowing duplicates, does
nothing.

Creating a profile and using the data file as the delivery location, in
order to possibly rebuild the Inbox folder, was unsuccessful with both the
corrupt and "repaired" pst files.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Also try alternating Scanpst with Scandisk or another disk repair program 3-4 times.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers