> Reposting. It seems my post yesterday didn't go through.
>
> Attempt 2:
>
> We had a power outage today and when my power came back up, Outlook informed
> me that there were problems with my outlook.pstfile.
>
> I tried the Inbox Repair Tool with no success. I got an error message
> stating that an error had occurred and that no changes were made.
> Scandisk didn't fix anything either. the scanpst.exe program still couldn't
> fix the file.
>
> Thepstfile by the way is only 1.5 Gb. The program MS offers to truncatepstfiles that exceed 2GB in size wouldn't work because my file wasn't big
> enough.
>
> I created a new profile and attempted toopenthe old one using Outlook but
> Outlook was of the mind that the file wasn't even a .pstfile.
>
> I tried numerous demo softwares that claimed to be able to recoverpstfiles
> but the only one that showed any promise at all was the Disk Doctors Outlook
> Mail Recovery (pst) program. None of the others could evenopenthe file.
> DDOMR was able toopenthe file and then save the recovered info to another
> file from which I could then recover my lost emails/contacts, etc. That is
> if I pay the $149 cost of the full version of the program.
>
> Now, I'm all for software authors/publishers getting their money's worth for
> their work, but Ican'tafford $149 toopenmy one corrupted file. I could
> see it if I was using this for a PC repair or tech support business but, I'm
> just trying to get my personal emails.
>
> So, I guess what I'm looking for is any other options I might've missed
> before I bite the bullet, tell my kids no new shoes for school next year,
> and buy the program.
>
> Any input?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich