.pst 0 bytes

[positivebit]

nobody had to recover a pst file of 5 gb that now is 0 bytes?

info:
-EXT2 from an external nas.
-2 different pc by outlook connect to the same file ( of course one had to close beforer the second pc could connect )

[DrFaustus]

Try Carving with PhotoRec or try to see if you can undelete it with testdisk , but be sure to use a write blocking method... your mileage will vary. those a re easy enough suggestions without getting to intricate in the recovery,

[loki]

Are you sure you dont need to take owership of the file?
If your not the owner it would show up as 0 bytes.

[dmarques]

It could be that the file got truncated.

If after a scan with a software the result is the same then the problem is serious.

[labtech]

Is there any data in the file when looking at it in hexedit?

[dmarques]

File header for example.

[positivebit]

It could be that the file got truncated.
If after a scan with a software the result is the same then the problem is serious.

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well,after r-studio scan i found only 1 file 1,9gb corrupted. fixed with a software, it was recovered to 1,5 GB
still missing a lot of emails!
r-studio found a lot of files without extension.
i recovered all from 5 to 6 gb. opened by winhex i found few header inside of them, typical of pst files (!BDN).
but my software to recover pst files, was not able to fix any of them
do you think i followed the right way?

[positivebit]

Is there any data in the file when looking at it in hexedit?

no data inside, size 0 bytes was correct.
no header in that file.