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| Thread ID: 114470 | 2010-12-04 05:55:00 | Outlook backups - gone awry | Myth (110) | Press F1 |
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| 1158654 | 2010-12-04 05:55:00 | To coin wainuitechs term... a "dime a dozen wannabe tech" was asked to backup some Outlook emails and address books. Rather than just copy the .pst files, he has actually converted them to pdf - and of course, the original .pst files are now gone. Is there any way I can get these back to .pst? Had a look online, there are a lot of apps to convert to pdf, some convert back to .doc .xls or .txt, but I can't find any that convert back to .pst - keeping the addressbooks/calendars/etc intact |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1158655 | 2010-12-04 06:02:00 | wtf. What did he convert it for. He needs to find another job, but not as a tech | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1158656 | 2010-12-04 06:44:00 | Are the readable in the PDF format ? While less than ideal, if they are readable in that format, better than a total loss. As Speedy suggests, he would be better off looking for alternative employment where his creative skills might be better employed. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1158657 | 2010-12-04 07:04:00 | They are readable, but are almost useless in their current form And yeah, I do agree with opinion on the culprit involved |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1158658 | 2010-12-04 07:15:00 | You could try an undelete program and see if you can recover the pst. Any backup files in the default outlook storage area that might be a backup of the pst file? I suspect from the fact that your asking the question that there are no backups. |
gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1158659 | 2010-12-04 07:29:00 | To coin wainuitechs term... a "dime a dozen wannabe tech" was asked to backup some Outlook emails and address books. Rather than just copy the .pst files, he has actually converted them to pdf - and of course, the original .pst files are now gone. If you paid him to do the backups, i.e. he was putting himself forward as an expert, then you have a valid claim for him to now pay all costs of restoring your PST data, even if that requires manual data-re-entry (if that is possible) from the pdf version. Disputes Tribunal would hammer him for failure to use due care and skill etc. If he is just a mate doing you a 'favour' then you need to choose your friends more carefully in future. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1158660 | 2010-12-04 07:32:00 | <rant> Small Business customers want things done as cheaply as possible, can't say I blame them. They don’t get that a bad tech could take 10 hours at $35 an hour to do a job that would take a good tech 1 hour to do at $99 an hour which is clearly a cost saving. All they see initially is the hourly rates. They also don’t find out how bad their tech is until he screws up and quite often they don’t actually know or find out that he’s screwed up its just another computer fault that can’t be fixed. It comes as a surprise to them that when they do get a good tech they hardly ever see him complaining my previous tech was here every second day. Good techs fix problems in such a way that the issue doesn’t normally reoccur. Good techs give good advice about how to prevent problems and help to put procedures in place to quickly recover from problems. Good techs become an advisor to the business not just a casual resource. </rant> |
gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1158661 | 2010-12-04 07:38:00 | He was asked to do it as an unpaid favour and he said he could. And there is no way this guy will ever be one of my mates. I have just been asked if its possible to remedy this |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1158662 | 2010-12-04 07:38:00 | Ye Haaaaa ride em cowboy ------ What an idiot :lol: OK serious note :nerd: What you can try, no idea if it will work or not, rename the file back to .pst Download and run Recoverytoolbox for Outlook (www.recoverytoolbox.com) -- its a damn good program for recovering corrupted and damaged pst files. Its a long shot, BUT it may just be able to read them and recover. Its free as a trial, and will go to the point of recovery, then you need to pay for the license. IF it works, you'll be the "Bees Knees" -- if it doesn't all its done is cost you a bit of time trying. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1158663 | 2010-12-04 21:11:00 | As a Non Expert, would System Restore do what you want? PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
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