Outlook 2007 Contacts

[Guest]

I was using Outlook 2003 when my computer stopped booting up. I bought a new
computer but couldn't get my Outlook1.pst file off my old hard drive. I
ended up having to send it to a file retrieval service, who was able to
recover the file. I now have an old Outlook.pst that was created in 2003 and
a new Outlook.pst file that has been created in Outlook 2007. My problem is
two fold: first, the data in the old file is somewhat corrupted. I have
lost city, state, and zip codes for all addresses. I still have phone
numbers and e-mail addresses, although the e-mail addresses are in the wrong
places. Second, I want to move some of the contacts from the old file to the
new outlook.pst. When I try to I get two error messages. The first says
"Cannot move the items. Teh item connot bemoved. It was either already
moved or deleted, or access was denied". Sometime I get an error message
that just says the item can't be moved. I also can't delete contacts off the
old file. The program isn't recognizing the contact until I change the "file
as" setting, so I can't use the auto-fill technique to remove it and when I
try just using the delete button I get an error message that says "The
messaging interface has returned an unkown error. If the problem persists,
restart Outlook".

Suggestions?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I was using Outlook 2003 when my computer stopped booting up. I
bought a new computer but couldn't get my Outlook1.pst file off my
old hard drive. I ended up having to send it to a file retrieval
service, who was able to recover the file. I now have an old
Outlook.pst that was created in 2003 and a new Outlook.pst file that
has been created in Outlook 2007. My problem is two fold: first,
the data in the old file is somewhat corrupted. I have lost city,
state, and zip codes for all addresses. I still have phone numbers
and e-mail addresses, although the e-mail addresses are in the wrong
places. Second, I want to move some of the contacts from the old
file to the new outlook.pst. When I try to I get two error messages.
The first says "Cannot move the items. Teh item connot bemoved. It
was either already moved or deleted, or access was denied". Sometime
I get an error message that just says the item can't be moved. I
also can't delete contacts off the old file. The program isn't
recognizing the contact until I change the "file as" setting, so I
can't use the auto-fill technique to remove it and when I try just
using the delete button I get an error message that says "The
messaging interface has returned an unkown error. If the problem
persists, restart Outlook".

Have you tried to use SCANPST on the old data file?