See if this will help you out
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/passwordonpst.htm
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"CJD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3BEF7DB7-0C16-4E32-BB56-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I saved my outlook 2003 to a pst file because I upgraded my HD. When I went
> to restore the file to outlook 2003 after the reload it is asking for a
> password. I do not remenber passwording the pst file.
>
> This is my main address book with contacts that go back to MS Office 97.
> I've kept moving it into each newer copy of office.
>
> Help!