I had Outlook 2016 and Excel 2016 open on my laptop.

After leaving the laptop unattended for a period of time, I returned to find the screen was off due to the screensaver, possibly indicating that the laptop had gone into Sleep mode.

Upon reactivating the screen, I noticed that Outlook was unable to connect to the Internet. Despite clicking on Send/Receive multiple times, there was no response. When attempting to close Outlook, I found that the program was unresponsive and frozen.

I had to force the program to close using Task Manager.

Upon trying to reopen Outlook, I encountered an error message stating that the Mail pst file could not be located.

My Pst files are typically stored on a Micro SD card (D Drive). I searched through the D Drive using File Explorer, ExplorerXp, and MSDOS but could not locate the file.

Subsequently, I tried various recovery software such as Disk Drill, File Scavenger, ScanPST, and Outlook Repair tools, but unfortunately, none of them were successful in locating the Mail pst file.

It seems that the Mail pst file has inexplicably disappeared.

Any assistance in recovering the pst file would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,  

John

​I had Outlook 2016 and Excel 2016 open on my laptop. After leaving the laptop unattended for a period of time, I returned to find the screen was off due to the screensaver, possibly indicating that the laptop had gone into Sleep mode. Upon reactivating the screen, I noticed that Outlook was unable to connect to the Internet. Despite clicking on Send/Receive multiple times, there was no response. When attempting to close Outlook, I found that the program was unresponsive and frozen. I had to force the program to close using Task Manager. Upon trying to reopen Outlook, I encountered an error message stating that the Mail pst file could not be located. My Pst files are typically stored on a Micro SD card (D Drive). I searched through the D Drive using File Explorer, ExplorerXp, and MSDOS but could not locate the file. Subsequently, I tried various recovery software such as Disk Drill, File Scavenger, ScanPST, and Outlook Repair tools, but unfortunately, none of them were successful in locating the Mail pst file. It seems that the Mail pst file has inexplicably disappeared. Any assistance in recovering the pst file would be greatly appreciated. Regards,  John  Read More

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