Lost all Outlook messages when I performed a full system recovery.

Question

I performed a system recovery [set unit back to factory settings] on my HP Pavilion with Vista and unexpectedly lost all Outlook emails.  I thought I would retain all emails until I deleted them from my actual email account; such as Cox.net or Hotmail. Further, When I went to sign up again for Outlook, thinking I could somehow go to Outlook.com and find the deleted messages, I was forced to sign up for Windows Mail. Now I cannot sign in to Outlook.com. Any ideas? Or, have I simply lost all the old emails?

Answer 1

Your question is too intricated but I have tried to deduce the possible. Look at them one by one.
1.) Microsoft Outlook and Outlook.com are different types modes of email communication. If you are striving to access MS Outlook’s database which is somehow lost during factory settings of machine, then search the PST file which you was using prior to reset. If you find, then append it with your Outlook.
Note: Sometimes, data gets manipulated during such practices, so its better to repair Outlook PST file using scanpst.exe. Nevertheless, if you don’t not find any data (even if you may have detected PST file), then recovery of PST data using any third party utility (like: Outlook PST Repair Tool) is only possible way to get back data.
2.) I cant say as I do why you are not able to login into your Outlook.com. Maybe, you have changed its login details or something else due to which you are not able to figure out. Were you using 2-step verification for your Outlook.com. In particular, if you were using such kind feature, then reset your password and you would be successfully regain the accessability.
Thanks & Regards
Riya