Hi Spider Tech,

Thanks for your advice. Yes, I've tried to open it from any .pst path I could find. I'm pretty sure it's wiped clean from the laptop, but I have the backup that I did just before the clean install, in addition to an older backup that the comp repair guy did for me when he replaced my hard drive after a crash. I was hoping to be able to find it on them, but have had no luck.

I don't understand why these files are any different than any other document. Why such the big deal?