JURBOP wrote:

I am getting the following error message when trying to open Outlook
2003. "UNABLE TO OPEN YOUR DEFAULT E-MAIL FOLDERS. THE FILE
C:\DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS\NICK JURY\LOCAL SETTINGS\APPLICATION
DATA\MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK\OUTLOOK.PST IS NOT A PERSONAL FOLDERS FILE".
My .pst file was indavertantly deleted, and I have not been able to
locate any backup file.

If you've deleted the PST, then you might want to look at something like
this:
http://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
--
Brian Tillman