Retrieve emails from corrupted PST

[VeximalZA]

Hey awesome fellow Carbies,

Need some next level help with this please.

So as the title says, I have a very important PST file that got corrupted. Not sure what my client did, but the pst file was completely missing from the computer. Had to do data recovery on the drive to actually retrieve a few "recovered" pst's.

I have about 5 of the PST files which were recovered, each about 4.15GB in size, meaning it should have sufficient data stored in there and it is quite important emails. We talking a court case which is becoming quite a headache for the client.

Anyone have any idea of some sort of software to extract the mails? I've tried a few of the ones on Google, but only managed to extract like 20 mails. I've obviously made backups of the recovered PST's so I can play around with them.

Thanks

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

Have you tried repairing the PST?
Make a copy of it and run a repair.

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

How to repair personal folder file (.pst) - Outlook

Describes how to find the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) that is designed to repair the personal folder (.pst) files.

docs.microsoft.com

 

[VeximalZA]

How to repair personal folder file (.pst) - Outlook

Describes how to find the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) that is designed to repair the personal folder (.pst) files.

docs.microsoft.com

Yup, that was one of the Google suggestions as well. Tried it and failed almost instantly

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

I encountered mass PST corruption a while back on ingesting in to O365 - justified purchasing this to business at the time.

Best PST Repair Tool to Repair Corrupt PST Files

Stellar Outlook PST Repair software Repairs Corrupt PST and Restores all Email Items into a new PST file.

www.stellarinfo.com

It actually worked amazingly. Not a 100% recovery rate - but close enough.

Perhaps download the free version - run it against the PST - I believe it gives you a preview on the free version - a preview of what can be recovered. Might provide justification for a purchase.

 

[VeximalZA]

I encountered mass PST corruption a while back on ingesting in to O365 - justified purchasing this to business at the time.

Best PST Repair Tool to Repair Corrupt PST Files

Stellar Outlook PST Repair software Repairs Corrupt PST and Restores all Email Items into a new PST file.

www.stellarinfo.com

It actually worked amazingly. Not a 100% recovery rate - but close enough.

Perhaps download the free version - run it against the PST - I believe it gives you a preview on the free version - a preview of what can be recovered. Might provide justification for a purchase.

Thanks, trying it right now

 

[Oops!!!]

Kdetools OST to PST will allow you to view the the corrupt PST and export certain mails, no root folders unfortunately.

Its a tedious process but least allows for some form of recovery.

 

[VeximalZA]

no root folders unfortunately

I don't even need root folders, just need the mails. Will try it if Stellar doesn't work

 

[VeximalZA]

Seems like Stellar is working great. Already at 9000+ mails recovered and still running... Thanks so much @Qui_Illustrati

 

[Ozzy235]

+1 for Stellar, works lekker

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

Seems like Stellar is working great. Already at 9000+ mails recovered and still running... Thanks so much @Qui_Illustrati

Happy to hear Now you can breathe a sigh of relief - don't forget to charge your client an exorbitant fee for your troubles

The free version is allowing recovery and not just preview?

 

[VeximalZA]

Happy to hear Now you can breathe a sigh of relief - don't forget to charge your client an exorbitant fee for your troubles

The free version is allowing recovery and not just preview?

Took me 324 hrs @ R320 per hour to recover all these mails, plus I had to go for trauma counseling @ R2500 for the 7 sessions, plus I had to drive to 16 different data recovery experts @ R5 per km x 400km's... PROFIT!!!!!

No it only provides the preview, so I have to purchase the license to actually recover it to a new pst.

 

[Off-The-Chart]

well wasn't this a stellar outcome





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