subject: Recovering Data From Accidentally Deleted .pst File [print this page] Microsoft Outlook is an efficient and reliable tool for e-mail communication for both personal and business use. The advanced features of Outlook that integrate e-mails, work flow management, information management, group accounts, scheduler and organizer help the users to communicate efficiently. Users who rely largely on Outlook will realize the importance of the data in the form of e-mail, address books, notes, schedule and other data stored in Outlook. Any information that you create in Outlook are stored as .pst (personal storage) files.
Though, Outlook is an easy and reliable way to communicate, like any other software it is prone to loss of data. One of the most common ways of losing .pst files from Outlook is by accidental deletion. Deletion of the .pst file could lead to loss of all your important data such as contacts, messages, appointments, notes and journal entries. Though you have heard and talked about this situation very often, it does happen very frequently. This can happen if you have
deleted a .pst file that has a backup, but the backup becomes dysfunctional
deleted an individual folder assuming that you have exported the folder
deleted .pst files accidentally from control panel
emptied the deleted items without reviewing
Though, deleting information is a major cause of worry since you lose significant data, you can recover it with the help of an undelete recovery software.
Recovering deleted .pst files using undelete recovery software
There are many good software that help you recover deleted .pst files effortlessly. They are efficient, easy to install and recovers deleted .pst files easily. Some of the tips for selecting Undelete recovery software are
Use the internet to read about the different undelete recovery software available in the market. Read reviews about the product.
Check out the features in the software- good recovery software should support recovery of lost files surpassing recycle bin, erased by move or cut command, in DOS mode, recover emails from different versions of Outlook (200, 2002, 2003 and 2007). Should be capable of recovering attachments, embedded graphics and objects, messages in different format (RTF, plain text and HTML), password protected .pst files and large .pst files.
Ensure that the product comes with good customer care. As far as possible interact with the customer care before you finalize the product.
Steps to recover .pst files using undelete recovery software
Connect the drive from which you want to recover data to another healthy drive
Download the e-mail recovery software to the healthy drive
Follow the instructions to recover lost .pst files
Store the recovered data to the healthy drive.
Make sure that the host drive has the same version of Outlook installed. For best recovery results you should not compress the existing .pst files after you have accidentally deleted the .pst files.
