re: Resizing C partition in Server 2003

[Juned Shaikh]

Another option: (Try only after taking a full bare metal backup)

If both the C and D are both are of same RAID group and are logically 
partitioned - convert the volumes to Dynamic. Shrink the D drive by let's say 
10GB and expand the C drive by 10GB. 

My wording may be slightly obtuse, but crux is converting disk to dynamic 
should work for you as well..
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RE: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Ken Schaefer]

I don't have a POP3 account to test with, but according to Microsoft:

Note   Removing a POP3, IMAP, or HTTP account does not delete the items that 
were sent and received by using the account. If you were using a POP3 account, 
you can still use the Personal Folders file (.pst) to work with your items.

From: Add or Remove an Email Account: 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA012316341033.aspx

Seems the Tech may have done something extra to delete the PST file -or- it's 
been overwritten by the new one. I don't know what options are available when 
setting up a POP3 account, but at least for Exchange accounts, you can choose 
the file name.

Cheers
Ken

From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com]
Sent: Monday, 25 January 2010 10:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

On 24 Jan 2010 at 15:44, Jon Harris  wrote:

> Sounds like a tech issue not a Microsoft. As someone else pointed out
> Outlook does prompt for delete old data before it does that.

I wasn't there so I can't confirm what the tech did or saw.  I don't have 
Outlook available here to test, either.  Does anyone have the exact wording? I 
guess I can perform a test tomorrow when I have access to a system with the 
same version of Outlook installed.

If it was a typical dialog, it was "Are you sure you want to delete this 
account?" I wouldn't expect the data to go away.  If the dialog was even "Are 
you sure you want to delete this mailbox?" I still wouldn't expect the data to 
go away even though you could infer that is what it is saying.

OTOH given that he was prompted, the tech *_should_* have thought twice before 
clicking [OK].  I'm just trying to recover from it ... [sigh] ...







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Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 24 Jan 2010 at 15:44, Jon Harris  wrote:

> Sounds like a tech issue not a Microsoft. As someone else pointed out 
> Outlook does prompt for delete old data before it does that.

I wasn't there so I can't confirm what the tech did or saw.  I don't have 
Outlook available here to test, either.  Does anyone have the exact wording? I 
guess I can perform a test tomorrow when I have access to a system with the 
same version of Outlook installed.   

If it was a typical dialog, it was "Are you sure you want to delete this 
account?" I wouldn't expect the data to go away.  If the dialog was even "Are 
you sure you want to delete this mailbox?" I still wouldn't expect the data to 
go away even though you could infer that is what it is saying.

OTOH given that he was prompted, the tech *_should_* have thought twice before 
clicking [OK].  I'm just trying to recover from it ... [sigh] ...



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Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Jon Harris]

Sounds like a tech issue not a Microsoft.  As someone else pointed out
Outlook does prompt for delete old data before it does that.

Jon

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming
wrote:

> On 24 Jan 2010 at 10:43, Orland, Kathleen  wrote:
>
> > If the Outlook profile is deleted but not the NT profile, it should be
> there.
> > If the PST is not in the default location, it simply means they moved it.
> If
> > you do a search of the computer using *.PST and include hidden
> files/folders
> > (or enable the view of them in Explorer and include known file
> extensions),
> > you should be able to find it. They may have moved the PST to a CD, USB
> key,
> > or deleted it as well.
> >
> >
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm#Locating_the_pst-fil
> > e
>
> I know how to find PST files, thank you all very much.  The old PST file
> isn't
> there, and none of the undelete tools I have (Recuva, PCI File Inspector,
> Restoration, and NTFSundelete) could find any *.PST files when I mounted
> the
> drive in another computer.  We may send the drive off to a recovery service
> to
> scour the unused sectors of the disk for fragments of PST files, but that's
> a
> forlorn hope IMHO.
>
> Apparently the old PST was "outlook.pst" in the default path, and when the
> @#...@#$%@#$% tech deleted the old account (oldu...@domain.ext), that file
> was
> deleted.  When he created the new account for the new email address
> (newu...@domain.ext) under the same user profile, Outlook created
> "outlook.pst"
> using the same directory-entry, overwriting the old one.  Very annoying.
>
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-290-5038
> +---+
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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RE: Robocopy GUI

[Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)]

Thanks Greg, I went back to cmd line once I had issues with GUI. 
 
Joe Haralson

 



From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy GUI



I've always used Robocopy in cmd line and it seems to work fine, but if
you really want the gui, Microsoft has (IMHO) a better tool called
RichCopy. 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.asp
x?pr=blog

-Greg

 

 

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Robocopy GUI

 

No. 

 

I think Brian is trying to say:

 

a)  Please describe what you are trying to do

b)  Please describe how you are trying to do it

c)   Please describe what the actual error/output is that you are
seeing

 

Based on the information above, someone can provide some advice as to
what the problem might be, and how to fix it.

 

Posting an email that says "I'm trying to use tool  and I've set it
up but I don't get the results I expect" is, unfortunately, usually not
enough information to provide any sort of diagnosis.

 

Cheers

Ken

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2010 3:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: R: Robocopy GUI

 

Brian, do you mean that if you select options that is impossible to
execute you don't get any advice ?

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 



Da: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] 
Inviato: sabato 23 gennaio 2010 6.59
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: RE: Robocopy GUI

What you're trying to accomplish and the switches you're using would be
a useful start...

 

Thanks,

Brian Desmond

br...@briandesmond.com  

 

c - 312.731.3132

 

From: Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) [mailto:joe.haral...@ge.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Robocopy GUI

 

I'm trying to use the GUI verson of Robocopy for first time but having
issues getting it to work. I've installed the application and setup the
parameters for source and destination along with switches. However, when
I select run I receive a message stating that Robocopy started at a
certain time. I've checked the logs but have no entry. Does anyone known
why Robocopy isn't working.

 

Joe Haralson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 24 Jan 2010 at 10:43, Orland, Kathleen  wrote:

> If the Outlook profile is deleted but not the NT profile, it should be there.
> If the PST is not in the default location, it simply means they moved it. If
> you do a search of the computer using *.PST and include hidden files/folders
> (or enable the view of them in Explorer and include known file extensions),
> you should be able to find it. They may have moved the PST to a CD, USB key,
> or deleted it as well. 
> 
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm#Locating_the_pst-fil
> e 

I know how to find PST files, thank you all very much.  The old PST file isn't 
there, and none of the undelete tools I have (Recuva, PCI File Inspector, 
Restoration, and NTFSundelete) could find any *.PST files when I mounted the 
drive in another computer.  We may send the drive off to a recovery service to 
scour the unused sectors of the disk for fragments of PST files, but that's a 
forlorn hope IMHO.

Apparently the old PST was "outlook.pst" in the default path, and when the 
@#...@#$%@#$% tech deleted the old account (oldu...@domain.ext), that file was 
deleted.  When he created the new account for the new email address 
(newu...@domain.ext) under the same user profile, Outlook created "outlook.pst" 
using the same directory-entry, overwriting the old one.  Very annoying.


--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
+---+




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RE: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Ken Schaefer]

Didn't someone mention that you get prompted for this?

If that's the case, and the user chooses to delete their data, then this isn't 
a Microsoft issue.

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2010 11:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:19, Jon Harris  wrote:

> What OS? Generally it is in Local (Application 
> Data)/Microsoft/Outlook/. If they did not change the profile then it 
> should still be present unless they deleted the profile then they are 
> SOL.

XP Pro. They deleted the *_account_*, not the profile, but from all the reading 
I've done Microsoft, bless their idiotic, WTF-were-they-thinking hearts, 
deletes the PST when you delete the account.


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RE: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Orland, Kathleen]

If the Outlook profile is deleted but not the NT profile, it should be
there. If the PST is not in the default location, it simply means they moved
it. If you do a search of the computer using *.PST and include hidden
files/folders (or enable the view of them in Explorer and include known file
extensions), you should be able to find it. They may have moved the PST to a
CD, USB key, or deleted it as well. 

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm#Locating_the_pst-fil
e 

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:19, Jon Harris  wrote:

> What OS? Generally it is in Local (Application 
> Data)/Microsoft/Outlook/. If they did not change the profile then it 
> should still be present unless they deleted the profile then they are 
> SOL.

XP Pro. They deleted the *_account_*, not the profile, but from all the
reading 
I've done Microsoft, bless their idiotic, WTF-were-they-thinking hearts, 
deletes the PST when you delete the account.


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Re: Where do old PST files go when their accounts are deleted?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:19, Jon Harris  wrote:

> What OS? Generally it is in Local (Application 
> Data)/Microsoft/Outlook/. If they did not change the profile then it 
> should still be present unless they deleted the profile then they are 
> SOL.

XP Pro. They deleted the *_account_*, not the profile, but from all the reading 
I've done Microsoft, bless their idiotic, WTF-were-they-thinking hearts, 
deletes the PST when you delete the account.


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Re: ftp timeout issue

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 23 Jan 2010 at 12:13, Jon Harris  wrote:

> I would push the issue with the phone company. This would not be the 
> first time that someone made a configuration mistake and refused to 
> admit error. The issue may also be that they are allowing only one 
> internal ip to get FTP service and all others are blocked.

Are you on DSL or ISDN?  I once had an issue with a client connecting via ISDN 
(they couldn't get DSL there) where the ISDN modem was set to disconnect after 
15 seconds of inactivity and reconnect when activity started again.  Of course, 
the reconnection was at a different IP and any open SSL connections were 
dropped.  Their insurance agents often took >15 seconds between answers when 
filling out forms while on the phone with clients.

Once I reconfigured the ISDN to disconnect only after 180 seconds of inactivity 
their problems went away.

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
+---+




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