Recover Mail? - Catastrophic HD failure

[kimdnw]

Having lost my power supply, and taken the machine to the technician,
discovered that the hd was also failing. He copied out data files and I have
a folder called "Outlook" in a folder called "Application Data" that was
recovered from the old drive. It doesn't appear that any of them are .pst
files. There is a "FAV" file, a .srs file, and several "Office Data Files"
that all identify as Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings. There are also
files called outcmd, outitems, outlPrnt. There is also a folder elsewhere
called "Contacts" that claims 23 files and 1 folder, but shows empty when
opened (says hidden file are displayed).

Now, having reinstalled office on my new drive, is there any hope of
recovering my mail from these files?

Kim

 

[kimdnw]

This is Outlook from Office 2003, original install and reinstalled after
rebuild. No .pst was ever created.

 

[Brian Tillman]

This is Outlook from Office 2003, original install and reinstalled
after rebuild. No .pst was ever created.

If you had no PST, then you must have been using Exchange. Outlook without
Exchange can't operate without a PST. The PST is where all the Outlook data
(mail, Contacts, Calendar, etc) is kept. There are two "Application Data"
folders on an XP system, one is C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application
Data and the other is C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local
Settings\Application Data. The former is the one containing the files you
describe. The latter is the one where your PST resides by default. The
technician copied the wrong folder for you.