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Kameelah
I deleted my inbox by mistake. Does anyone know how to restore it if you
don't have exchange?
don't have exchange?
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MichaelHensley
If the mailbox was stored in a .PST, you may be out of luck. The first thing
to do is burn a copy of the .PST file to a CD. Next, I would use Google to
search for something like "email recovery service".
Good luck!
to do is burn a copy of the .PST file to a CD. Next, I would use Google to
search for something like "email recovery service".
Good luck!
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knureddin
Thanks I'll see how that works. BTW what is a PST file.
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MichaelHensley
Unless you are using an Exchange server (and sometimes even if you are),
Outlook stores all of your folders, including your "In box", in a files named
something.PST (the "something" is frequently "Outlook").
I don't know Outlook internals, so I don't know what it did to the .PST file
when you deleted your "In box". If you are very lucky, it just marked it
"deleted" and someone has written a program to "undelete" it for you (that's
why I suggested a Google search).
Before you attempt to recover anything, though, try searching your hard
drive for any filename ending in .PST, and burn a copy of them to a CD. There
is nothing more frustrating than having your recovery attempts screw up the
data, and later finding out you could have saved it.
Stupid question: did you look in your "Deleted items" folder for you "In box"?
Outlook stores all of your folders, including your "In box", in a files named
something.PST (the "something" is frequently "Outlook").
I don't know Outlook internals, so I don't know what it did to the .PST file
when you deleted your "In box". If you are very lucky, it just marked it
"deleted" and someone has written a program to "undelete" it for you (that's
why I suggested a Google search).
Before you attempt to recover anything, though, try searching your hard
drive for any filename ending in .PST, and burn a copy of them to a CD. There
is nothing more frustrating than having your recovery attempts screw up the
data, and later finding out you could have saved it.
Stupid question: did you look in your "Deleted items" folder for you "In box"?
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Kameelah
Yes I looked at the deleted folder. I'll search hopefully there's a file!
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MichaelHensley
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/recover_deleted.htm
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Brian Tillman
Kameelah said:I deleted my inbox by mistake. Does anyone know how to restore it if
you don't have exchange?
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm