I lost my .pst folder

[Sue]

I had to do a full restore on my computer due to it not starting up any other
way. I now can't access my .pst folder anywhere. Is it gone or is it just
hidden?

Please help as I had lost my PDA input and can't sync it up with the
computer now.

Thanks so much,

Sue

 

[Gordon]

I had to do a full restore on my computer due to it not starting up any
other
way. I now can't access my .pst folder anywhere. Is it gone or is it just
hidden?

Please help as I had lost my PDA input and can't sync it up with the
computer now.

Thanks so much,

Sue

It's gone. Do you have a backup?

 

[Sue]

*sighs* No I don't. I thought this was considered a "data file" and would be
saved. This really sucks. Thanks tho'.

Sue

 

[Alias]

*sighs* No I don't. I thought this was considered a "data file" and would be
saved. This really sucks. Thanks tho'.

Sue

Now you know that back up is a computer user's best friend and should be
done daily.

Alias

 

[Gordon]

*sighs* No I don't. I thought this was considered a "data file" and would
be
saved. This really sucks. Thanks tho'.

A hard lesson. When you restore your computer to factory settings it does
just that - just as the day you bought it BEFORE you put any data onto it.

 

[Beth Melton]

As others have noted, unfortunately it's gone. :-( When you do something
like a system restore, or format, none of your files will be preserved
regardless of the type of file -- even those that are considered "data
files".

Also, should you encounter issues in the future more often than not they can
be rectified without resorting to a system restore. You might try asking
about the issue in the newsgroups first before taking that route.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

*sighs* No I don't. I thought this was considered a "data file" and would
be
saved. This really sucks. Thanks tho'.

Sue

--

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you search for files (hidden) with a .pst extension, do you find any except for your new one?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Sue asked:

| I had to do a full restore on my computer due to it not starting up
| any other way. I now can't access my .pst folder anywhere. Is it gone
| or is it just hidden?
|
| Please help as I had lost my PDA input and can't sync it up with the
| computer now.
|
| Thanks so much,
|
| Sue

 

[Gordon]

If you search for files (hidden) with a .pst extension, do you find any
except for your new one?

I think the OP's done a factory restore.......

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Oh well, lesson learned about a good recent backup. I use a second hard drive for all my data files and then I back that up to an external NAS.

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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| || If you search for files (hidden) with a .pst extension, do you find
|| any except for your new one?
|
|
| I think the OP's done a factory restore.......

 

[Sue]

well, I am glad to report that many of you were wrong about my .pst file
being destroyed in the full restore.

I went to another site and followed their advice about showing hidden files
and found the file after all.

Thanks for your help anyway!

Sue

 

[Gordon]

well, I am glad to report that many of you were wrong about my .pst file
being destroyed in the full restore.

So you did a SYSTEM restore, not a Factory gate restore.

 

[Alias]

well, I am glad to report that many of you were wrong about my .pst file
being destroyed in the full restore.

I went to another site and followed their advice about showing hidden files
and found the file after all.

Thanks for your help anyway!

Sue

I hope this discovery doesn't lead you to think that you don't need to
back up your data.

Alias

Oh well, lesson learned about a good recent backup. I use a second hard drive for all my data files and then I back that up to an external NAS.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:

| || If you search for files (hidden) with a .pst extension, do you find
|| any except for your new one?
|
|
| I think the OP's done a factory restore.......

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Gee, I gave you that advice about 3 posts down... See the highlighted comment in red.

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After furious head scratching, Sue asked:

| well, I am glad to report that many of you were wrong about my .pst
| file being destroyed in the full restore.
|
| I went to another site and followed their advice about showing hidden
| files and found the file after all.
|
| Thanks for your help anyway!
|
| Sue
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Oh well, lesson learned about a good recent backup. I use a second
|| hard drive for all my data files and then I back that up to an
|| external NAS.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Gordon asked:
||
||| |||| If you search for files (hidden) with a .pst extension, do you find
|||| any except for your new one?
|||
|||
||| I think the OP's done a factory restore.......

 

[Sue]

Milly:

Yes you did but I didn't see it. After I saw the post that I was unable to
get it back, I called my company's IT guy and asked him. He gave me the same
advice you did.

Thanks anyway!

Sue

(P.S. I did the F10 full restore, though it said my data files would be
saved.)