<filename.pst> is not a personal folder file

[Guest]

I archived all of my mail today to a file called Archive_11.28.2005.pst.
Everything seemed to work fine so I closed Outlook and burned the .pst file
to a dvd. I copied the file back to my hard drive, removed the read only
attribute and tried opening it in Outlook (same version of Outlook (2003) on
the same PC) and got the error "C:\<path to file>\Archive_11.28.2005.pst is
not a personal folder file". When I ran scanpst.exe it wouldn't recognize it
as a .pst file either.

Any ideas?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

When you burned the file to DVD, did you use a speed of 4x or slower?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Also, did you create this file by exporting the data to it instead of
copying it?

 

[Guest]

yes, it was burned at 2X

When you burned the file to DVD, did you use a speed of 4x or slower?

 

[Guest]

I didn't use the import/export function, I archived it to a .pst

Also, did you create this file by exporting the data to it instead of
copying it?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I archived all of my mail today to a file called Archive_11.28.2005.pst.
Everything seemed to work fine so I closed Outlook and burned the .pst
file
to a dvd. I copied the file back to my hard drive, removed the read only
attribute and tried opening it in Outlook (same version of Outlook (2003)
on
the same PC) and got the error "C:\<path to file>\Archive_11.28.2005.pst
is
not a personal folder file". When I ran scanpst.exe it wouldn't recognize
it
as a .pst file either.

Any ideas?