Twayne wrote:
> "Steven Tan" <stevenlin_99********.com.sg> wrote in message
> news:8E5A1FEE-C005-4370-83B5-10C3A96015A6@microsoft.com
>> I am using Windows XP SP3 with MS Office 2003 installed.Lately I
>> reformated my HD but forget to backup my Outlook pst. data.Again I do
>> a second time reformat on the same day due to the unstablity of the
>> system.
>> Now I am very sad that my pst. data was unable to recover even I use
>> 3rd party software 'Recover My Files' to do it.
>> Please kindly assist me to have my pst.data recovered.Thank you.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steven Tan
>
> Sounds like you formatted twice; the data is probably long gone now
> and it'll be faster to recreate the current stuff you need.
>
> Or, you could pull it back from the backups you make each week or day;
> why not do that? Everyone has a backup handy, right? Of ALL their
> data? It's so easy to do ...

As long as it's not after the fact. ;-)