Extract PST From Information Store (Priv.EDB)

[fourheadns]

Here's the situation:

We're running a Windows 2000 Server environment with Exchange 2000 on a new domain. About a year ago, we were still using Exchange 5.5 and it was under a different domain.

Now here's the problem - I need to recover a PST from the priv.edb from the Exch 5.5. Is it possible to just install Exch 5.5 on a windows 2000 server without connecting to any domains (local machine) and open up priv.edb and extract the PST file for one of the users? Thanks in advance.

-Nip

 

[Vos]

You need to recover a PST from the Private Information Store??? Do you mean you need to recover a mailbox and dump it to a PST? There are no PSTs within the priv.edb. They are stored elsewhere on a file share or a PC's HDD.

In the past I've been asked to retrieve a single Email from a tape backup. In Exchange 5.5, as we aren't running brick-level backups, I've had to build a test exchange server, restore the entire Private Information Store just to get to the Email in question.

Hope this helps!

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Vos