Deleted inbox

[Stu]

Someone who was using my computer had just deleted by
inbox, and all of it's contents, from Outlook. They then
also shut down the computer, which automatically deleted
all of the items in my recycle bin.

Is there anyway that I can restore my inbox and save all
of the messages that have been lost. I am using Windows
ME.

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Roady]

just finished writing a How To for this. It works as long as you haven't run
"Compact Now" on the folder already. Be sure you work with a backup as I do
not promise the results.

I hope this works for you too.

Restore Deleted Items from an Outlook PST-file


This guide will instruct you how to recover all your deleted messages since
the last time you ran "Compact Now" on a PST-file.



1.. Locate the *.pst file and create a copy of it to work with (never mess
around with original files!)
2.. Open the *.pst file in a hexadecimal editor. (I'm using UltraEdit for
this)
3.. In the column on the right side overwrite character 7 to 13 with
spaces. In the hexadecimal column (left column) block 7 to 13 will display
20 (hexadecimal value for a space)
4.. Save the *.pst file
5.. As you have now corrupted your pst file you need to run scanpst.exe to
repair it
6.. When scanpst has repaired your pst file open in it Outlook and look in
the Deleted Items folder or in the original folder to locate your deleted
items

 

[Stu]

Thanks alot for that, I'll give it a try.

-----Original Message-----
just finished writing a How To for this. It works as long as you haven't run
"Compact Now" on the folder already. Be sure you work with a backup as I do
not promise the results.

I hope this works for you too.

Restore Deleted Items from an Outlook PST-file


This guide will instruct you how to recover all your deleted messages since
the last time you ran "Compact Now" on a PST-file.



1.. Locate the *.pst file and create a copy of it to work with (never mess
around with original files!)
2.. Open the *.pst file in a hexadecimal editor. (I'm using UltraEdit for
this)
3.. In the column on the right side overwrite character 7 to 13 with
spaces. In the hexadecimal column (left column) block 7 to 13 will display
20 (hexadecimal value for a space)
4.. Save the *.pst file
5.. As you have now corrupted your pst file you need to run scanpst.exe to
repair it
6.. When scanpst has repaired your pst file open in it Outlook and look in
the Deleted Items folder or in the original folder to locate your deleted
items





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[Roady]

No problem, please post back whether or not it worked for you.