In the previous two articles we have discussed how the RAID and some of the decisions the client made in trying to recover the RAID affected the PST file. In addition I discussed that there may have been a stale drive in the array and which probably caused the client to do something that normally […]
Outlook PST Data Recovery
Last time I gave a brief description of a RAID that we received here at the shop. I also shared some of the things the client had done to try and get their RAID back online. I also explained that chkdsk had been run. What made this RAID unusual was that the client had replaced […]
Recovering Fragmented Outlook PST After Running chkdsk
The following saga is the story of the recovery of a single Outlook PST (Personal Information Store) file. It was accomplished using a simple hex editor some diagnostics, and the courage of David when he slew the Philistine Goliath. Well, maybe not so dramatic, but it was pretty cool. As fate would have it I […]