How to retrieve Outlook passwords from slave disk drive?

[sys-eng]

I have a system drive in a SATA dock because the motheboard of the old system died. Migrating all user data and settings to new computer.

The programs I usually use to retrieve Outlook passwords such as POP3 do not work for a nonbooting drive like this. What would do this?

 

[Avgsmoe]

I would be curious to the answer as well. In the past, I've been able to load the slaved os drive in qemu, then run the normal tools.

 

[sys-eng]

I have tried 4 or 5 demo/trials but none found these passwords. Most of these programs are around $25, and I am willing to buy a program but not without seeing a strong indication that it will work.

 

[altrenda]

Have you tried this?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html

Have you tried to import the pst file into another installation/profile of Outlook?

 

[dbdawn]

What version of Outlook and what type of an account/password?

 

[sys-eng]

Have you tried this?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html

Have you tried to import the pst file into another installation/profile of Outlook?

MailPass View was my first choice. It usally works great but not on a nonbooting disk.

No, I have not imported the PST files into my system yet. I was trying to avoid that if at all possible.

 

[sys-eng]

What version of Outlook and what type of an account/password?

It is an AT&T e-mail account on Outlook 2003.

 

[altrenda]

Loading the pst or would be my next step

 

[Avgsmoe]

The password is not stored in the pst...

 

[johnrobert]

Would be easier to get owner to reset password with ISP

 

[FoolishTech]

MailPass View was my first choice. It usally works great but not on a nonbooting disk.

No, I have not imported the PST files into my system yet. I was trying to avoid that if at all possible.

I asked the mighty Nir Sofer himself once if that was possible (retrieve it from a slaved system) and he didn't think so, and gave me a good tech explanation on why this wouldn't work which was a little over my head and I don't remember it anyway... but if Nir can't do it, I wouldn't trust any other company that said they could, because I just don't think it can be done.

 

[dbdawn]

http://securityxploded.com/outlookp...ring_Passwords_from_Outlook_2002-2010_Version

 

[sys-eng]

Loading the pst or would be my next step

Loading the PST file on my computer will work ONLY if the PST file is password protected. I am referring to the password to connect with the mail server (POP, SMTP, etc). Unless something has changed recently, that connection information is not in the PST file.

I did get the password for the main user account which is what is most important. The other 2 users will just have to get their passwords reset.

I was checking here to see if someone had a trick that I had not thought of.

 

[thecomputerguy]

Love this ...

Me: "Ok so all I need is your password to get your email working."

Customer: "Dont have one"

Me: "You have to have a password to protect your email account."

Customer: "Nope never had one."

Me: "Ok lets just reset it."

Customer: "How do we reset something I never had."

Me: "Humor me."

Me: "What is the name of your favorite vacation destination?"

Customer: "Hawaii ... no ... Italy ... no wait its Florida."

Me: "None of those work."

Customer: "It cant be anything else."

Me: "Well it is."

Customer: "It cant be."

Me: "Lets call your ISP."

Customer: "What is an ISP."

Me: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."




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[sys-eng]

thecomputerguy:

Yep, that is pretty much why I avoid calling the customer. It is not really surprising because many people do not access their e-mail via web service and the e-mail programs such as Outlook remember the passwords. The last time the customer actually used their e-mail password may have been several years ago.