i recently formated my computer by backing up files in mydocuments and desktop,i installed microsoft xp and configured outlook express also,i had some peronal emails saved to my syetem( not server), which i formatted accidently,i use my outlook thgough exchange server, now the question is how can i retrive my data?is there some way the mail is backed up to the server, i was instructed by the network administrator to back up all my mails in server to the local drive, is there some way i can get my files?the *.ost files i have now is the recent mails i have, there is no use by converting it back to *.pst,somebody please help me out in this
2006-09-13 18:58:36 · 6 answers · asked by nishanth s 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You say that you accidentally formatted over the personal mail so you are out of luck. Formatting destroys the information your computer needs to keep track of what data you have stored there and where it is. If it is very important stuff, you can ship the hard drive to a data recovery service and they should be able to get it back for you but it's not cheap. Several hundred dollars. And without spending a lot of money, there's no way to undo a format. Sorry!
2006-09-17 17:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have the emails still on the server you are pretty much SOL, you lost all files on your hard disk when you reformatted. Usually Outlook expess removes messages from the server when they are recieved, so your chances are not good.
2006-09-13 19:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of your Outlook mail, settings, calendar stuff, and so on. is saved in a document referred to as outlook.pst document on your laptop. search for for .pst archives (there might want to nicely be more effective than one in case you archive your stuff seek for archive.pst as well). reproduction the .pst document(s) for your new laptop and tell Outlook (contained in the settings section) to look on your Outlook archives document everywhere you position it on your new laptop.
2016-11-26 22:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesn't sound good to me, kiss them goodbye
dont listen to the first answer after you format you cant system restore your old info back
2006-09-13 19:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by salute222000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try running system restore from safe mode.
2006-09-13 19:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by Norton N 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
unformat the hdd
use recovery software
u can very well recover it.
2006-09-13 19:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by dreamsunltd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋