I saved the Personal Folders.pst file to my desktop and then copied it
to
my
zip disk. I then put the zip disk in my new Win2000 system and used
the
File>Open>Outlook Data File. I opened up Folders and there are a
number
of
folders there but none have my pst information. Here is a screen
capture
of
my screen
http://www.videomagiconline.com/outlook-screen-capture.bmp
This file is smaller than the Archive.pst file. Is the Personal
Folder.pst
the correct file?
:
You mean you exported a PST file directly onto the storage medium? If
so,
you have a corrupt file you can't repair.
To back up a PST file you must create it in a location on your hard
drive,
quite Outlook, then use Windows Explorer to copy it onto your storage
medium.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ the Archive was checked but not the Read.
I also did the File>New>Outlook and it saved the file as "Personal
Folder.pst" on my zip disk.
I brought the disk to my new Win2000 system with Outlook2002 and did
the
File>Open>Outlook Data File to the files on the zip disk. Should I
copy
the
file to my HD first? If so where do I need to copy it too?
In Outlook I opened up my Folder window. There are two Archive
folders,
one Outlook Today folder, and four Personal folders.
If I click on some of the Archive or Personal folders I get a window
saying
"Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access
the
specified folder location. Errors have been detected in the file
D:\Outlook\archive.pst. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then
use
the
Inbox Repair Tool."
I don't know where the Inbox Repair Tool is located if I need to use
it.
PS Thanks for the help!
:
Please answer my second question.
You need only use File > Open > Outlook Data File to access these
files,
as
long as you've moved them to your hard drive and removed their read
only
attribute.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
On my new system I opened up Outlook and then I tried the
(File/Open/Outlook
Data File) with no luck. I tried (File/open/selected items) no
luck.
Tried
(File/Import and Export/Import from another program or file,
selected
the
.pst files, used the browser to locate the Outlook file on the
zip
disk)
and
I get an error telling me that the .pst file isn't a .pst file.
It
does
the
same thing with the Archive and the Backup .pst files.
I saw on a previous post you said to do the following:
File>New>Outlook
Data to create a pst file. I haven't done this because the pst
files
are
already present. Do I need to do the above?
:
State what you tried and what happened.
Did you move the files to a hard drive and remove their Read
only
attribute?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am running Outlook on a Win2000 system and I have a large
Contact
list
on
it that I want to copy to a new WinXP system.
What I have done is this. I located the Archive, Backup and
Outlook
pst
files on the old system and copied them to a Zip disk. I took
the
disk
to
the new system and I just can't seem to get my Outlook in the
WinXP
to
load
the old Contact file. I want to merge my old Contacts list
with
my
new
Contacts list but I don't want to change my new Calendar on
the
XP
machine.
How is this done?
