Windows 10: Email PST folder

I crashed my hard drive with my PST folder. Now Outlook.exe does not run because it cannot fond my .PST folder! How can I set a new one?

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PC Suite - .PST synchronization

Hi all,

I've got a problem with PST sync and need assistance.

Nokia 6233 (with latest firmware thx to Nokia Software Updater)

PC Suite 6.85.14.1

Windows XP Sp2

Office 2007 (with Exchange 2003)

USB cable

Outlook is configured to open my exchange mailbox but use a PST file as default destination (c:\outlook\mypst.pst).

When configuring PC Sync I get multiple problems :

my mailbox listed twice,

public folders listed twice,

PST file not listed !

Whatever folder I select then I end up with message "you have not selected all the required folders for this synchronisation".

Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

Seb

 

Outlook PST File Problem

That is exactly what I was going to suggest. Export everything to another PST file, delete the old(or rather move it out of the default folder) and replace it with the new PST file that you exported.

 

Outlook 2016 pst file disappeared. How to find/recover/reconstruct


To answer the above questions...

• The pst file I do have is on an external drive. Full copy of the file as of 08-Feb-2017.
• The pst file I do need cannot be found on the system. Is it hidden, under another name, deleted via a proper delete or corrupted, I don't know. Not in the Outlook folder in the path mentioned above that it was previously. What I don't understand is that Quick Access reported it was there and how it would then simply be gone.
• Outlook 2016, part of Office 365
• Windows 10
• Outlook won't start, looking for that pst file in the specific folder
• Old pst file (used since, I think 2007), but has been fine until last week
• It seems that another pst file (that had older emails) that was also used until recently has disappeared
• Yep, I know about backups. Everything essential, besides these files, is backed up to Dropbox. Unfortunately this is the regrettable exception. Beyond the regrets, I'm trying to make good of a bad situation.
• I might have changed a setting in Malwarebytes 3 a couple of months ago to delete, rather than quarantine infected files. I've emailed them to ask if deleted files are recoverable. Is this possibly the issue, I don't know. Would it and others have been flagged, perhaps as false/positives, I don't know. Cannot access the system or any logs or apps right now as SpinRite is still running.
• I'm thinking of cancelling the SpinRite. Now 4 days and no idea on progress/finish. Running from a bootable USB. Have read of some issues using a USB, but nothing clear.
• Recognise that there may be other issues that warrant a HDD replacement to be entirely safe. Beyond these missing files, no other messages of any kind or misbehaviour to suggest other problems.

I would really like to know what happened to these files or if there is anything I can do to try find/recover them. In the event that I simply try to recover best, how do I accomplish this using Outlook? Copy the Feb copy of the pst file to previous folder, start Outlook, import the file to Outlook, and/or create a new profile, download all the messages from the server and then import the old back up. Would appreciate a step by step guide to any options to ensure I don't mess up.

Thanks for all the replies. Appreciated.