HELP!...Deleted Wrong Profile

[beerhunter2]

Recently joined an XP Pro computer to a new domain. To clean up, I deleted all the old "unknown" profiles from the former domain. Big mistake. The Outlook .PST file of this user was in one of those "unknown" profiles on the C: drive. When I deleted the profile, it deleted their .PST file.

Is there any hope at all of getting that profile back, or at least the .PST file?

Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my beer.

 

[TheLad]

You may struggle without using a 3rd party undelete utility unless you had backed up the profiles prior to deletion or the profiles are still in the Recycle bin. Even then, you may be unsuccessful.

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[ArizonaGeek]

You can try some undelete software like

http://www.handyrecovery.com,

they offer a 30 day trial but if all you need it is one file it should work. You can also Google for any free recovery software out there. Good luck.

Cheers
Rob

 

[beerhunter2]

Thanks guys. I will try the undelete software this afternoon, and let you know the results.

Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my beer.

 

[linney]

You can also have a look at this recent thread if you like.

Urgent: need help to recover deleted file
thread779-1311551

 

[beerhunter2]

Well...No joy.

Several of the programs discovered the .PST file, but all of them reported it as being zero bytes.

Looks like I'm hooped.

Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my beer.