Trying to recover Outlook.pst file

[Guest]

I have replaced the hard drive in a two year old laptop after it shut down
with a blue screen and would not reboot. I can now access the original hard
drive (as a 2nd hard drive) and can get to the Outlook.pst file - it is
listed at about 550 MB. I have not been succesful in copying it to the new
drive - after workinging at it for a while it generates a Data Error (Cyclic
Redundancy Check), even after doing a "chkdsk D: /f" on the old hard drive.
I have also tried to open the file from Outlook with no results.

Is there any other way to retrieve the information from the old .pst file?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I think you just found the cause of your BSOD; a failing harddisk

--
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

 

[Guest]

Sorry for the muddy question. The question is: Is there any hope of
recovering data, in spite of those circumstances? If so, how?

I think you just found the cause of your BSOD; a failing harddisk

--
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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I have replaced the hard drive in a two year old laptop after it shut down
with a blue screen and would not reboot. I can now access the original
hard
drive (as a 2nd hard drive) and can get to the Outlook.pst file - it is
listed at about 550 MB. I have not been succesful in copying it to the
new
drive - after workinging at it for a while it generates a Data Error
(Cyclic
Redundancy Check), even after doing a "chkdsk D: /f" on the old hard
drive.
I have also tried to open the file from Outlook with no results.

Is there any other way to retrieve the information from the old .pst file?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Sorry for the muddy question. The question is: Is there any hope of
recovering data, in spite of those circumstances? If so, how?

There are some companies that specialize in recovering data from failing
hard drives. If your data is important enough, the fee one of those
companies would change may be worth it.