Recovering pst file Outlook 2k7

[Rich]

Reposting. It seems my post yesterday didn't go through.

Attempt 2:

We had a power outage today and when my power came back up, Outlook informed
me that there were problems with my outlook.pst file.

I tried the Inbox Repair Tool with no success. I got an error message
stating that an error had occurred and that no changes were made.
Scandisk didn't fix anything either. the scanpst.exe program still couldn't
fix the file.

The pst file by the way is only 1.5 Gb. The program MS offers to truncate
pst files that exceed 2GB in size wouldn't work because my file wasn't big
enough.

I created a new profile and attempted to open the old one using Outlook but
Outlook was of the mind that the file wasn't even a .pst file.

I tried numerous demo softwares that claimed to be able to recover pst files
but the only one that showed any promise at all was the Disk Doctors Outlook
Mail Recovery (pst) program. None of the others could even open the file.
DDOMR was able to open the file and then save the recovered info to another
file from which I could then recover my lost emails/contacts, etc. That is
if I pay the $149 cost of the full version of the program.

Now, I'm all for software authors/publishers getting their money's worth for
their work, but I can't afford $149 to open my one corrupted file. I could
see it if I was using this for a PC repair or tech support business but, I'm
just trying to get my personal emails.

So, I guess what I'm looking for is any other options I might've missed
before I bite the bullet, tell my kids no new shoes for school next year,
and buy the program.

Any input?

Thanks,
Rich

 

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[Alan]

Reposting. It seems my post yesterday didn't go through.

Attempt 2:

We had a power outage today and when my power came back up, Outlook informed
me that there were problems with my outlook.pstfile.

I tried the Inbox Repair Tool with no success. I got an error message
stating that an error had occurred and that no changes were made.
Scandisk didn't fix anything either. the scanpst.exe program still couldn't
fix the file.

Thepstfile by the way is only 1.5 Gb. The program MS offers to truncatepstfiles that exceed 2GB in size wouldn't work because my file wasn't big
enough.

I created a new profile and attempted toopenthe old one using Outlook but
Outlook was of the mind that the file wasn't even a .pstfile.

I tried numerous demo softwares that claimed to be able to recoverpstfiles
but the only one that showed any promise at all was the Disk Doctors Outlook
Mail Recovery (pst) program. None of the others could evenopenthe file.
DDOMR was able toopenthe file and then save the recovered info to another
file from which I could then recover my lost emails/contacts, etc. That is
if I pay the $149 cost of the full version of the program.

Now, I'm all for software authors/publishers getting their money's worth for
their work, but Ican'tafford $149 toopenmy one corrupted file. I could
see it if I was using this for a PC repair or tech support business but, I'm
just trying to get my personal emails.

So, I guess what I'm looking for is any other options I might've missed
before I bite the bullet, tell my kids no new shoes for school next year,
and buy the program.

Any input?

Thanks,
Rich

Have you ever tried a tool called Advanced Outlook Repair? I have just
used it to recover my corrupt pst file successfully.

It's website is http://www.datanumen.com/aor/

Maybe you can have a try.