How do I import OST files?

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You can not access .ost data into outlook because there is no one utility to direct access ost data, In this situation you have to copy data in .pst format and than import tham in other application.The only solution is use convert ost utility......For more information visit

http://www.covnert-ost.net
http://www.convert-ost.net/blog
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
OST to PST Conversion: Offline Storage Files or OST is important, as you save here your entire Outlook emails data of multiple users. At times, it happened that your Outlook Exchange Server gets crashed owing to which data stored in OST files becomes inaccessible. SysTools OST Recovery software will help you to perform Outlook Exchange OST to PST after which you can easily access emails data. Also email convert OST to PST is easy and quick with this software package.
http://www.ost-to-pst.com/
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
OST to PST Conversion: Offline Storage Files or OST is important, as you save here your entire Outlook emails data of multiple users. At times, it happened that your Outlook Exchange Server gets crashed owing to which data stored in OST files becomes inaccessible. SysTools OST Recovery software will help you to perform Outlook Exchange OST to PST after which you can easily access emails data. Also email convert OST to PST is easy and quick with this software package.
http://www.ost-to-pst.com/
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
use SysTools ost repair tool and easily convert ost file to pst file
http://www.ost-to-pst.com/
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
Dear,

In this situation if you have the Outlook OST file you can easily retrieve all your mailbox content. You just need to convert the OST file into PST file. Use a third Party convert ost to pst converter such as Stellar Phoenix Convert OST PST, to efficiently convert ost file data into a pst file. You can get the tool from
http://www.stellarconvertostpst.com

Free version of the tool is available to evaluate the efficiency and ease of use. Free evaluation version of the tool previews all the recoverable ost file contents in full.
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
Stellar Phoenix Convert OST PST is an eficient tool that <a href="http://www.convert-ost.net">convert ost to pst file</a>

download the tool from http://www.convert-ost.net
I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have3 the original machine ( Windows xp + Outlook 2000) and now have Vista
with Windows MAil.

I cannot run the import utility ( Cannot import messagesfrom the MAPI
client)

Any ideas?

Thanks
On Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You cannot open the OST on a machine other than the one that created it with
the profile that created it
On Friday, August 17, 2007 3:34 PM Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] wrote:
In addition to the requirement to convert your .OST file into a .PST file,
you will need to install Outlook on your Vista machine in order to import
into Windows Mail. WM, like OE before it, requires Outlook to be installed,
functional, and connected to the .PST file in order to access it. If
Outlook is not present, you get the MAPI client error you mention>

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

news:%[email protected]...
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:12 AM Srinivas Tangella wrote:
Open outlook.

Export current emails to PST.

Close the Outlook.

Go to outlook OST folder.

[ in general C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]



Replace the existing OST with the OST you want to import into outlook.

Open outlook.

At this point you should see all the old emails and folders.



Now, export these mails to PST format.

Close the outlook.



Go to the outlook OST folder again.

Delete the OST. ( next time when you restart outlook it will automatically create a new OST, so dont worry!).



Open the Outlook.

Let it download all the existing emails from the Exchange server.

Now import the mails from the PST your created above.



I hope this helps.
On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:53 AM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
What possessed you to reply to a 2+ yr old message that was correctly
answered 2 yrs ago, with the wrong answer? Your method will only work if
the original profile that created the OST exists on the user's machine -
which he said it does not:

"I recently left a company and brought my archive files with me. I do not
have the original machine"

The only way for this user to get into the contents is using an OST to PST
conversion tool. See http://www.slipstick.com/problems/ost2pst.asp for
tools and methods if the exchange acct exists or was recently deleted.




--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072


"Srinivas Tangella" wrote in message
do you really think the OP is coming back to see your
answer to a post from August 2007? You Eggheaders are really a bunch of
dumba**es
need to convert OST to PST using OST to PST converter only then you can
access it. for more information read the post at -
http://www.articlesbase.com/data-re...t-conversion-simple-and-effective-967816.html
with
with
easily.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Windows-Utilities/Backup/Recovery-for-Exchange.html
installed,
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook ]
create a new OST, so dont worry!).
correctlyanswered
I cannot believe how belittling you are to someone who is trying to help.
Yes they got it wrong, but you do not need to treat someone like that. You
devalue the title of MVP by your behavior.
extraordinary behaviour, we await an apology.....
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...ore-aspnet-site-visitor-stats-in-mongodb.aspx
 
5 years old or not, it is still a valid question.


The question may be valid, but almost certainly the answer is useless.
It's *extremely* unlikely that the person who asked will ever see the
answer.
 
To retrieve the inaccessible offline data, one needs to repair the OST fileand convert it to usable PST file. For this, a good OST to PST converter is required which can efficiently retrieve unusable OST data and save them in new PST file so that they can be used with MS Outlook. For more info visit: http://www.exchangedatabaserecovery.co.uk
 
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