Corrupted PST files

[Tom Ross]

I had an Outlook 2000 instalation that was kind of problematic (Windows 200
was also crashing around it). I managed to export the inbox and sent items
box to pst files as backup before reconfiguring the machine. I also put
the entire .pst file in a zip file which now will not extract.

Now I cannot import from those .pst files. I get errors including
"information service must be defined before using"
"File has errors, use scanpst"

SCANPST goes through recognizes the file, says there are x folders and y
items and repairs with no errors.

When I thry to import or open it works shows a progress bar for a while then
fails with an error that "a prarmeter was set incrorrectly"

Is there any utility available that will extract the raw data from the pst
file into a huge text or csv file that I can search with primitve methods?

Or is there some other utility that works like scanpst.exe that I can try to
recover my data

Thanks

Tom

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

1. Ensure the file is not marked read only.
2. OPEN the file from Outlook File->Open->Personal Folders File.

If this fails then you have a corrupt export of your data. If you still
have the source, simply copy the .pst file to your new installation (no need
for import/export if you intend to use it in Outlook) and open it.


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After furious head scratching, Tom Ross asked:

| I had an Outlook 2000 instalation that was kind of problematic
| (Windows 200 was also crashing around it). I managed to export the
| inbox and sent items box to pst files as backup before reconfiguring
| the machine. I also put the entire .pst file in a zip file which
| now will not extract.
|
| Now I cannot import from those .pst files. I get errors including
| "information service must be defined before using"
| "File has errors, use scanpst"
|
| SCANPST goes through recognizes the file, says there are x folders
| and y items and repairs with no errors.
|
| When I thry to import or open it works shows a progress bar for a
| while then fails with an error that "a prarmeter was set incrorrectly"
|
| Is there any utility available that will extract the raw data from
| the pst file into a huge text or csv file that I can search with
| primitve methods?
|
| Or is there some other utility that works like scanpst.exe that I can
| try to recover my data
|
| Thanks
|
| Tom

 

[Tom Ross]

Yep tried all that along with the furious head scratching. Definately
corrupt

So how to uncorrupt. I don't necessarily need it to work in Outlook
(although that would be nice) If I can get the messages (few attachments) in
raw text or spreadsheet form or better.

I tried 'Recover for Outlook' (a downloaded demo) but it was only able to
find some of the old messages.

Is there something more primitive available? A digital 'Bigger Hammer'

Tom




"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry - Outlook is the only application that can read a .pst file TTBOMK,
but you can search google.com to see if there are any other programs out
there that can extract data from a .pst file.

I seem to recall reading about one or more in the last 6 months, but I have
eaten and slept since then.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Tom Ross asked:

| Yep tried all that along with the furious head scratching. Definately
| corrupt
|
| So how to uncorrupt. I don't necessarily need it to work in Outlook
| (although that would be nice) If I can get the messages (few
| attachments) in raw text or spreadsheet form or better.
|
| I tried 'Recover for Outlook' (a downloaded demo) but it was only
| able to find some of the old messages.
|
| Is there something more primitive available? A digital 'Bigger
| Hammer'
|
| Tom
|
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || 1. Ensure the file is not marked read only.
|| 2. OPEN the file from Outlook File->Open->Personal Folders File.
||
|| If this fails then you have a corrupt export of your data. If you
|| still have the source, simply copy the .pst file to your new
|| installation (no need for import/export if you intend to use it in
|| Outlook) and open it.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Tom Ross asked:
||
||| I had an Outlook 2000 instalation that was kind of problematic
||| (Windows 200 was also crashing around it). I managed to export the
||| inbox and sent items box to pst files as backup before reconfiguring
||| the machine. I also put the entire .pst file in a zip file which
||| now will not extract.
|||
||| Now I cannot import from those .pst files. I get errors including
||| "information service must be defined before using"
||| "File has errors, use scanpst"
|||
||| SCANPST goes through recognizes the file, says there are x folders
||| and y items and repairs with no errors.
|||
||| When I thry to import or open it works shows a progress bar for a
||| while then fails with an error that "a prarmeter was set
||| incrorrectly"
|||
||| Is there any utility available that will extract the raw data from
||| the pst file into a huge text or csv file that I can search with
||| primitve methods?
|||
||| Or is there some other utility that works like scanpst.exe that I
||| can try to recover my data
|||
||| Thanks
|||
||| Tom