How do I restore my Outlook from an archive.pst file?

**jonin6** · October 31st 06, 04:22 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation

I've had to redo my HDD, therefore Win XP and Office 2003 have been
re-installed from scratch. I have an archive.pst file and I've tried going
to FileImport and Export and importing the file and I've also tried
FileOpenOutlook Data File and select the "archive.pst" and I get an error
that the file is not a personal folders file. Can anyone offer any solution?

DL · October 31st 06, 07:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation

The pst has to be located on the HD, with read only flag off.
Do not use Import, use Open, if there are still errors, and the repair tool,
scanpst.exe, cannot help then likely the origonal copy process failed

"jonin6" wrote in message
...
I've had to redo my HDD, therefore Win XP and Office 2003 have been
re-installed from scratch. I have an archive.pst file and I've tried
going
to FileImport and Export and importing the file and I've also tried
FileOpenOutlook Data File and select the "archive.pst" and I get an
error
that the file is not a personal folders file. Can anyone offer any
solution?

**Brian Tillman** · October 31st 06, 10:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation

jonin6 wrote:

I've had to redo my HDD, therefore Win XP and Office 2003 have been
re-installed from scratch. I have an archive.pst file and I've tried
going to FileImport and Export and importing the file and I've also
tried FileOpenOutlook Data File and select the "archive.pst" and I
get an error that the file is not a personal folders file. Can
anyone offer any solution?

If your PST is on your hard drive and not read-only, if you get the message
that the file is not a personal folders file, then it is toast. If the data
it contained is very valuable, you'll have to purchase one of the PST
recovery tools available commercially.
--
Brian Tillman

**jonin6** · November 1st 06, 04:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation

The pst file is located on the HDD and the read only flag is off. I didn't
use import, I used Open and the same error still appeared. I ran the
scanpst.exe and it said file was repaired, but there lik 97% of the data
missing from the file. None of my contacts or calendar data was retrieved.
What can I do?

"DL" wrote:

The pst has to be located on the HD, with read only flag off.
Do not use Import, use Open, if there are still errors, and the repair tool,
scanpst.exe, cannot help then likely the origonal copy process failed

"jonin6" wrote in message
...
I've had to redo my HDD, therefore Win XP and Office 2003 have been
re-installed from scratch. I have an archive.pst file and I've tried
going
to FileImport and Export and importing the file and I've also tried
FileOpenOutlook Data File and select the "archive.pst" and I get an
error
that the file is not a personal folders file. Can anyone offer any
solution?

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