Empty deleted items, now cant view any messages or folders

[T]

Hi,

I have a PST file with about 8 subfolders that is about 500MB in size.
I did a "empty deleted items folder" on it today, and it seemed to
delete *everything*, all messages and all subfolders. Only the deleted
items folder (which is empty) is still visible.

The actual PST is still there, and still 500 MB in size. I ran
SCANPST.EXE on it, and it detected 1 error, fixed it, but there is
still nothing there. Interestingly SCANPST.EXE summarizes that there
are 8 folders but no items in the PST .. outlook shows no folders or
items at all (except deleted items).

Can anyone suggest how I might recover the messages in this PST?

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

are you sure the folders weren't moved to the deleted items folder?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Can anyone suggest how I might recover the messages in this PST?

This may be your only hope:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm

 

[T]

that's a shockingly poor suggestion

are you sure the folders weren't moved to the deleted items folder?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha T,

Actually it's one possiblity for how emptying Deleted Items would have resulted
in all of the folders disappearing.

I suspect this PST may be irrevocably corrupted. Can you restore a good
copy from backup?

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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http://www.rolandschorr.com
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that's a shockingly poor suggestion

are you sure the folders weren't moved to the deleted items folder?

--
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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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Hi,

I have a PST file with about 8 subfolders that is about 500MB in
size. I did a "empty deleted items folder" on it today, and it
seemed to delete *everything*, all messages and all subfolders. Only
the deleted items folder (which is empty) is still visible.

The actual PST is still there, and still 500 MB in size. I ran
SCANPST.EXE on it, and it detected 1 error, fixed it, but there is
still nothing there. Interestingly SCANPST.EXE summarizes that there
are 8 folders but no items in the PST .. outlook shows no folders or
items at all (except deleted items).

Can anyone suggest how I might recover the messages in this PST?

Thanks!