Old *.pst files recovery

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My home desktop running Windows XP and Office 2003 failed the motherboard
leaving all my old email (pst) files unaccessible. I have a full backup
using Ghost 10 and have recovered the outlok file to a new folder on a
laptop. However the laptop is only running Ooutlook 2002. When I try to
import the files from the new folder I get the message "The file is not
compatible with the version of the Personal Folders information System,
Contact your system adminstrator"

The data on the old emails is important. I am about to purchase a new
desktop running Vista and Office 2007 (god help me) My questions are: 1 am i
likely to be able to recover the old emails into the new system (ie is the
thing likely to be forward compatible) and 2. If not how the hell do I
recover the info in the old emails ?

Any advice greatly appreciated
 
Office 2007 will read Office 2003 pst files..

From another forum far, far away..

"First, forget importing from a PST. That's never a good idea. Just OPEN
the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data File.

To do that, however, you must copy the PST to the hard drive and remove the
read-only attribute. The message you see is typical of a write-protected
PST.
--
Brian Tillman"



Rambo said:
My home desktop running Windows XP and Office 2003 failed the motherboard
leaving all my old email (pst) files unaccessible. I have a full backup
using Ghost 10 and have recovered the outlok file to a new folder on a
laptop. However the laptop is only running Ooutlook 2002. When I try to
import the files from the new folder I get the message "The file is not
compatible with the version of the Personal Folders information System,
Contact your system adminstrator"

The data on the old emails is important. I am about to purchase a new
desktop running Vista and Office 2007 (god help me) My questions are: 1
am i
likely to be able to recover the old emails into the new system (ie is the
thing likely to be forward compatible) and 2. If not how the hell do I
recover the info in the old emails ?

Any advice greatly appreciated
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Rambo said:
My home desktop running Windows XP and Office 2003 failed the motherboard
leaving all my old email (pst) files unaccessible. I have a full backup
using Ghost 10 and have recovered the outlok file to a new folder on a
laptop. However the laptop is only running Ooutlook 2002. When I try to
import the files from the new folder I get the message "The file is not
compatible with the version of the Personal Folders information System,
Contact your system adminstrator"

The data on the old emails is important. I am about to purchase a new
desktop running Vista and Office 2007 (god help me) My questions are: 1
am i
likely to be able to recover the old emails into the new system (ie is the
thing likely to be forward compatible) and 2. If not how the hell do I
recover the info in the old emails ?
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You'll get more knowledgeable help for Outlook in an Outlook newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.ThirdPartyUtil
On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
 
Thanks Mike - I tried that - got same message. Outlook 2002 will not open the
file created with Outlook 2003. Is this a known problem and is it likely that
Office 2007 (Outlook 2007) will open the file ?
 
Rambo, I don't think that pst files are backwards compatible.. you should
not have the same problem when reading 2003 pst files into 2007.. many have
already done it..


Rambo said:
Thanks Mike - I tried that - got same message. Outlook 2002 will not open
the
file created with Outlook 2003. Is this a known problem and is it likely
that
Office 2007 (Outlook 2007) will open the file ?
Click to expand...

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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
Mike is correct, Outlook 2007 will have no trouble opening a 2003 .PST file.
Should you decide to get Outlook 2007, DO NOT IMPORT this .PST file, copy it
to a folder (DO NOT OVERWRITE any existing .PST files) , open Outlook, and
connect it to this .PST file.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
Backup and Restore
http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm
To move a Personal Folders .pst file
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
Reconnect your old Outlook data file

Importing a .PST file almost always corrupts the Outlook profile in use,
plus you lose the following information:

1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Hal
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