Can I Retrieve Outlook Data File (.pst) from lost, formatted or crashed PC?

Yesterday, I had accidently formatted C drive on Windows 10 PC. Right now, I have no clue about the recovery of lost PST files from a formatted hard drive.

I can’t resume my work without contacts in lost PST file. Please help!

 

Hello JessicaCarter,

I also faced the same incident last year when I worked in a California-based news agency. I never want to remember this painful memory. To overcome this worst problem, Technical support team of my company helped me a lot.

As per their suggestion, I had run Stellar Phoenix Outlook PST Repair Software. It did a good job for recovery of lost PST file from formatted drive. I think you can also try its free demo for better understanding.

 

Well... first off, do NOT install anything on that drive again. Leave it emtpy / formatted. Then run diagnostic software, Easeus Disc Recovery, for instance (paid software), or deliver the drive to a computer repair shop. It should be completely possible to retrieve the file. However, if you have reinstalled Windows, or anything else on the drive you're trying to recover, the chances of retrieving the file decreases exponentially.

 

Never even run recovery software on a formatted drive, run forensic software (like PhotoRec). That way you can't overwrite the lost files. (PhotoRec doesn't do any writes to the drive you're recovering, it writes all recovered files to another drive [that you specify].)

 

There are many reasons due to which outlook PST file get corrupted or damaged. And to fix the errors, damages and corruptions very firstly make use of the inbuilt Scanpst tool, this will help you to repair the corrupted, damaged Outlook PST file, but it is also found that in many cases this fails to detect the problem so, in this case you can make use a Outlook PST Repair Tool from SysInfo. This is trusted tool to fix various errors, damaged and corrupted Outlook PST file automatically. It is extremely easy to use.

Itrecover all personal storage tables (PST) itemssuch as journals, notes, tasks, contacts, calendar items, attachments, distribution lists of an Outlook user mailbox and etc. It allowed to save particular emails in different formats as per their needs, like EML, MSG, HTML, RTF and PDF. It is a comprehensive and integrated tool that ensures a quick recovery of corrupted PST files.

* It Supports all Outlook version like : 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000.
* It compatible with all Windows OS version's like : 10, 8, 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP and 2000
* This tool easily split recovered large PST file into new small PST file from 1 to 5GB.

 

How in the world does one ACCIDENTLY format a drive? It is often hard, and sometimes impossible, for a user to even reformat one ON PURPOSE.

Next question is whether you did a SOFT reformat or a HARD reformat. If you did a HARD reformat, YOUR FILES CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED!

Assuming a SOFT reformat, have you ADDED or CHANGED anything on the drive since you reformatted it? If you have NOT, then EVERYTHING can be recovered. If so, it is anyone's GUESS how much, IF ANYTHING, can be recovered.

Whatever you do, DO NOT ADD OR CHANGE ANYTHING on the disk UNTIL AFTER you have recovered everything that CAN be recovered.

 

Yes!
You can retrieve your lost PST file and a lot of data by using Third Party Hard Drive Recovery Tools.
This Tool will recover your pst in just a few clicks.
here is the link:https://www.systoolsgroup.com/hard-drive-data-recovery.html

 

I have used this stuff for years. https://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

 

Read this article to find a free solution: http://www.how2repairoutlookpst.com/blog/retrieve-or-recover-permanently-deleted-emails-in-outlook/
I hope my answer will help you.