This article didn't help, since the ScanPST program did not find any errors in the .pst.
On Tue, 02 Oct 2001, you wrote: > Allison, > You may have to concede on this one. Unless one of the grey beards has an > idea, I don't see how you're going to recover that missing data. > >>Excerpt form Q171371: > >>On the View menu, click Folder List to turn on the Folder List view. In > your > >> Folder List, the following recovered folders should be displayed: > >> > >> - Recovered personal folders > >> - Calendar > >> - Contacts > >> - Deleted Items > >> - Inbox > >> - Journal > >> - Notes > >> - Outbox > >> - Sent Items > >> - Tasks > > >> These folders are usually empty because the folders are part of a > rebuilt .pst > >> file. A Lost and Found folder should also be displayed. This folder > contains > >> the folders and items that the Inbox Repair Tool recovered. Any items > that > >> are missing are beyond repair. > > > Matthew > Exchange Disaster Recovery, Live it, Learn It, Love It, Get yours today! > http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/exchange/technote/edrv3p1.asp > > "Besides the technical limitations on the PST (remember the P stands for > Personal, that means you're responsible not the mail admin)..." Jim Schwartz > 8-16-01 > > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Allison Wittstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:29 AM > >>>To: Exchange Discussions > >>>Subject: RE: Losing data after moving to Exchange server > >>> > >>> > >>>I have opened the file, but I do not see a Lost & Found folder. > >>> > >>>I tried to count the items, and I can account for about > >>>2/3's of the 2697 > >>>items. Her deleted items were ALL of her emails. > >>> > >>>Is there anything else I can do to this .pst to recover the > >>>lost items? They > >>>have to be somewhere, no? > >>> > >>>Yes, I have seen your quote, but the fact is, I'm the > >>>Administrator and I am expected to solve any technical > >>>problem for my users. > >>> > >>>Allison Wittstock > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>On Tue, 02 Oct 2001, you wrote: > >>>> Could be...I've seen users with Tens of thousands of items > >>>and only have > >>>> 25MB. On the other hand I've seen users with about a few > >>>hundred items and > >>>> be well over 400MB. You will have to open up the file and > >>>look. Also, > >>>> look for a "Lost & Found" folder in the Scanned PST. > >>>> PS> Have you seen the Jim Schwartz quote below my signature????? > >>>> > >>>> Matthew > >>>> Exchange Disaster Recovery, Live it, Learn It, Love It, > >>>Get yours today! > >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/exchange/technote/edrv3p1.asp > >>>> > >>>> "Besides the technical limitations on the PST (remember > >>>the P stands for > >>>> Personal, that means you're responsible not the mail > >>>admin)..." Jim Schwartz > >>>> 8-16-01 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>> >>>From: Allison Wittstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>> >>>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 6:30 AM > >>>> >>>To: Exchange Discussions > >>>> >>>Subject: RE: Losing data after moving to Exchange server > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>ScanPST did not find any errors. But, it found 19 folders > >>>> >>>and 2697 Objects. > >>>> >>>Does this sound right for a PST that is about 370MB? She > >>>> >>>has a Contact list > >>>> >>>with 800 contacts, and some Calendars that are not so large. > >>>> >>> Could it be the > >>>> >>>missing data is somehow 'hidden' in the .pst? > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>On Mon, 01 Oct 2001, you wrote: > >>>> >>>> Make a copy of the file, then run ScanPST on it. If it's > >>>> >>>successful. Try > >>>> >>>> importing the messages into exchange instead of moving them... > >>>> >>>> Matthew > >>>> >>>> Exchange Disaster Recovery, Live it, Learn It, Love It, > >>>> >>>Get yours today! > >>>> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/exchange/technote/edrv3p1.asp > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> "Besides the technical limitations on the PST (remember > >>>> >>>the P stands for > >>>> >>>> Personal, that means you're responsible not the mail > >>>> >>>admin)..." Jim Schwartz > >>>> >>>> 8-16-01 > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>> >>>> >>>From: Allison Wittstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>> >>>> >>>Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:49 AM > >>>> >>>> >>>To: Exchange Discussions > >>>> >>>> >>>Subject: Losing data after moving to Exchange server > >>>> >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> >>>Hello, > >>>> >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> >>>One of my users switched from having .pst and > >>>Internet-only > >>>> >>>> >>>mode to Corporate > >>>> >>>> >>>Workgroup mode, to utilize the new Exchange (2k) server. > >>>> >>>> >>>The mailbox size limit > >>>> >>>> >>>on the Server is 300MB. She opened her .pst (in > >>>Outlook 2k) > >>>> >>>> >>>to move data from > >>>> >>>> >>>it to her new mailbox. Her .pst exceeded the limit by a > >>>> >>>> >>>hundred MBs. The > >>>> >>>> >>>last folder she moved was very large, and during this move > >>>> >>>> >>>she exceeded the > >>>> >>>> >>>mailbox size limit. The move was unsuccessful, > >>>but now the > >>>> >>>> >>>data is neither in > >>>> >>>> >>>the old .pst nor the Exchange mailbox Folder she > >>>was trying > >>>> >>>> >>>to move it to. In > >>>> >>>> >>>her "deleted Objects" Folder there is the Folder she tried > >>>> >>>> >>>to move, but it is > >>>> >>>> >>>empty, and none of the Sub-folders are there. Is there any > >>>> >>>> >>>way to recover this > >>>> >>>> >>>data? Where is the data? > >>>> >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> >>>I hope that I used the correct terminology, as I am not > >>>> >>>> >>>working with English > >>>> >>>> >>>language clients or Server. > >>>> >>>> >>> > >>>> >>>> >>>Thank you, > >>>> >>>> >>>A. 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