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borderfox
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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: Recovering past instances of Outlook? |
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Hello. I have a hard drive from a client computer - which would have connected remotely to an exchange folder and each time, the outlook folders would have been downloaded - overwriting previous instances - on the hard drive.
Question1: Is it possible to recover a previous instance of outlook - so....outlook with the data intact as it would have appeared 7 days ago (as an example)?
Is this a .pst file that get's re-written to the hard drive each time the client computer would have connected to the server?
Question2: Is this something that I can use a software solution to attempt recovery - or will I need to hand this over to a lab?
Question3: Is it possible to take an image backup of the drive - and examine it rather than the original?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide with regard to my queries above. |
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cybercop
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I will take #3 first. It is recommended that you work from an image and not the original.
You might try some data recovery software but I wouldn't hold my breath about recovering the data. The more the computer is used, the less likely recovery becomes. |
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borderfox
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| cybercop wrote: | | You might try some data recovery software but I wouldn't hold my breath about recovering the data. The more the computer is used, the less likely recovery becomes. |
The computer wouldn't have been used so much - although I guess several instances of the outlook data would have been downloaded to the local machine (in relation to the actual data that would have been written to the disk some 7 days prior).
Would a specialist data recovery lab be likely to fair any better in resurrecting this data? |
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cybercop
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| If something like getdataback (payware) isnt able to find it, i doubt a lab will either. |
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borderfox
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| cybercop wrote: | | If something like getdataback (payware) isnt able to find it, i doubt a lab will either. |
Ok, I guess I can try that myself. Is 'getdataback' as good as it gets? Are there any other software solutions I should consider? |
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PreferredUser
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Recovering past instances of Outlook? |
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| borderfox wrote: | Hello. I have a hard drive from a client computer - which would have connected remotely to an exchange folder and each time, the outlook folders would have been downloaded - overwriting previous instances - on the hard drive.
Question1: Is it possible to recover a previous instance of outlook - so....outlook with the data intact as it would have appeared 7 days ago (as an example)?
Is this a .pst file that get's re-written to the hard drive each time the client computer would have connected to the server? |
How is the remote connection established?
What version of Outlook? Exchange?
Depending on the answer to question one it might be a PST or it might be an OST file.
Need more information to answer the questions Cybercop did not already address for you. |
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narnia25
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: Recovering past instances of Outlook? |
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| I feature offline admittance to an prospect inbox on this tool.I'm trying to do is refund a early happening - when I would individual logged in remotely both days preceding.Is it likely that this collection can be repaired? |
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borderfox
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Recovering past instances of Outlook? |
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| PreferredUser wrote: | | How is the remote connection established? |
I'm assuming over a vpn connection. iPassConnect was used as part of the process of logging in to the machine itself, then getting on the www - and connecting with the virtual network.
| PreferredUser wrote: | | What version of Outlook? Exchange? |
Outlook 2003. I'm not sure about exchange - no longer have connection to that server. Is there a way of telling via email headers?
| PreferredUser wrote: | | Need more information to answer the questions Cybercop did not already address for you. |
I'm not an I.T. pro - so apologies if there is any lack of clarity in the above. |
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