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"How to recover data, Outlook 2010?"

Apr 25, 2017 5:36AM PDT

In one office decided to reinstall Windows 7, became ill after working virus.
As expected, copied documents from the desktop to the disk D, format screw and reinstall Windows and a bunch of program.
Then came the user of this computer and was horrified to find that it has no data in Outlook 2010, and he had already warned that it has a post office.
In general, the file Outlook.pst stayed somewhere on disk C, has already lost.
D drive someone 2 years ago made a backup copy of this file - there is 5GB.
But it is very necessary for the letters of 2012 and 2013.
How can I restore the whole thing? In general, is it possible?

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How to recover data, Outlook 2010?
Apr 25, 2017 11:28AM PDT

- Install Office 2013
- Open the damaged .pst file through the office 2013 should begin the recovery procedure
-Try To recover files through a special program. I can advise ost to pst converter

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As predicted. Spammer.
Apr 25, 2017 11:32AM PDT
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Outlook 2010
Apr 25, 2017 1:59PM PDT

thanks guys! you helped me a lot!

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How to recover data, Outlook 2010
Apr 25, 2017 9:19AM PDT

what do you think guys?

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Usually gone gone gone.
Apr 25, 2017 9:31AM PDT

If folk don't back the files and they are overwritten, gone.

You can easily find recovery tools but most are ineffective and just spammers out to suck you into paying.

-> What I find are these sort of events are needed to reinforce an old saying. "We only lose what we don't backup." Yes there are folk that call that unhelpful and so be it. You can't help those that didn't prepare for this day.

Last, beware of the shill and spam posts. You will find folk post "How to recover (insert common product here)?" and then the usual recovery sites that are spammed all over. But hey, if you are desperate then they will take your money.

For now, use the old command line and DIR \*.PST (if that is what your OL2010 used) and and /A/S/P to the DIR command to search the entire drive for the Outlook data store.