Desperate: "Outlook.pst is not a personal folders file."

[Jose]

After performing a CHKDSK /F the size of my Outlook.pst
file is now 0 KB. Is there any way to recover it? If
not,how can I make Outlook to work again? I am desperate.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you also run the Inbox Repair Tool against your .PST? Search your
drive for a file called scanpst.exe and run it.

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[Jose]

Unfortunately, I do not have that file. Is there a way to
download it?

 

[Jose]

I performed another search with the "Search System
Folders" box checked and found "scanpst.exe". I ran it,
and (as expected, since my Outlook.pst file is O KB) I got
the following message: "The file cannot be recovered
because it is not large enough to contain any useful
data." Any other ideas?

 

[Laureen]

Well I think I did something worse. Can I recover a pst
file if I accidently deleted it. I was messing with
folders within Outlook and it appears I deleted a large
archive folder (everything from 2003). The pst file is
no longer on my hard drive in my documents\outlook so I
can't really use the inbox repair tool. What can I do to
recover the folder and all those emails?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

The file may not be where you thought it was supposed to be. Do a search of
your entire hard drive for all .PST files and make sure you search in hidden
and system folders as well as regular folders.

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Hmm...the only other thing I can suggest is that you check the following
page to see if there are any other solutions that may work for you. Good
luck.

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.htm

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MVP - Outlook

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[Don 'Bear' Wilkinson]

Do what Jocelyn said but also... can you Undelete from the Recycle Bin?