Steve Katz wrote:
Hi,

I exported the messages from Outlook Express to Outlook, then
exported to a .pst. Reformatted the laptop, now Outlook gives me a
error when I try to import the pst. The error is "the file is not a
personal folders file.". Anybody that can help I appreciate it.

Thanks,

The step of exporting to a pst was redundant - unless you are on Exchange,
Outlook uses a pst file and the best way of backing it up is just to close
Outlook and make a copy of it.

I presume you are trying to "restore" a pst file from a CD? Copy the file to
your HDD (do NOT overwrite the existing pst file and remove any read-Only
attribute. Then in Outlook, go to File-Open-Outlook Data File and navigate
to where you copied it to.

HTH