exported contacts to other computer and won't recognise pst file

[Guest]

i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then copied onto
new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the pst file but it
kicks up the file is not a personal folders file. HELP

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Do not import a PST file. Open it.
Make sure you have moved it to a hard drive and removed its read only
attribute before you do.

 

[Brian Tillman]

i exported outlook 2000 pst file file and compied onto cd, then
copied onto new machine with outlook 2003. i have tried to import the
pst file but it kicks up the file is not a personal folders file. HELP

If what Russ suggests doesn't work, it's because the method you used to make
the PST copy corrupted the copy beyond usability. Never export a PST and
make sure Outlook is closed when you make a copy of the original PST.

 

[Guest]

the problem is i had to do it quickly as i had just handed my notice in and
was put on immediate garden leave so didn't have much time to check it had
worked so am now worried i have lost all contacts