How do I open an encrypted pst file

[Guest]

I created an .pst file from my Outlook inbox and copied it to a CD. Now I
cannot copy to my hard drive nor open from the CD. I get a cyclic redundancy
error. I have another version in "My documents folder". When I try to open
via Outlook I get "File access is denied. You do not have the permission to
access [...]". I am CERTAIN I did not password protect this. Could I have
left the encryption bit set? If so, how can I read this?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I created an .pst file from my Outlook inbox and copied it to a CD.
Now I cannot copy to my hard drive nor open from the CD. I get a
cyclic redundancy error.

That means it didn't get copied/burned properly or the CD is faulty. When
you burned the CD, did you make sure Outlook wasn't open/running at all,
even in the background, at the time?

I have another version in "My documents
folder". When I try to open via Outlook I get "File access is
denied. You do not have the permission to access [...]". I am
CERTAIN I did not password protect this. Could I have left the
encryption bit set? If so, how can I read this?

Can you successfully open other documents & files in My Documents? What are
the properties on the PST file? It's not read-only, is it? You would be
prompted for a password, if this were a password issue.

 

[Guest]

Cyclic redundancy error means there is a hardware problem with the CD drive.
For the access problem, the pst file is probably marked read only, right
click on it and un-check that option.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Lanwench. When I created this file, I exported to a separate pst file
with a nonstandard name (not {login}.pst). I did leave Outlook running when
I copied to a CD-RW (with CDBurnerXP Pro 3), but since this is not the
default pst file I figured it did not make a difference.

I can successfully open other files in My Documents.

I unchecked the read-only flag and reran the scanpst tool. I was able to
"recover" the pst file but it appears empty with no "Lost and Found" folder.

I created an .pst file from my Outlook inbox and copied it to a CD.
Now I cannot copy to my hard drive nor open from the CD. I get a
cyclic redundancy error.

That means it didn't get copied/burned properly or the CD is faulty. When
you burned the CD, did you make sure Outlook wasn't open/running at all,
even in the background, at the time?

I have another version in "My documents
folder". When I try to open via Outlook I get "File access is
denied. You do not have the permission to access [...]". I am
CERTAIN I did not password protect this. Could I have left the
encryption bit set? If so, how can I read this?

Can you successfully open other documents & files in My Documents? What are
the properties on the PST file? It's not read-only, is it? You would be
prompted for a password, if this were a password issue.

 

[Guest]

Thanks dlw. I firsted used CDCheck (to no avail), and then BadCopy3 to fix
this file. Even after unchecking the read-only box and running scanpst, I
can recover but with no contents.

Cyclic redundancy error means there is a hardware problem with the CD drive.
For the access problem, the pst file is probably marked read only, right
click on it and un-check that option.

I created an .pst file from my Outlook inbox and copied it to a CD. Now I
cannot copy to my hard drive nor open from the CD. I get a cyclic redundancy
error. I have another version in "My documents folder". When I try to open
via Outlook I get "File access is denied. You do not have the permission to
access [...]". I am CERTAIN I did not password protect this. Could I have
left the encryption bit set? If so, how can I read this?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks Lanwench. When I created this file, I exported to a separate
pst file with a nonstandard name (not {login}.pst). I did leave
Outlook running when I copied to a CD-RW (with CDBurnerXP Pro 3), but
since this is not the default pst file I figured it did not make a
difference.

But it does. And exporting is never the say to save Outlook data for
transfer to another Outlook.

Your symptoms are indicative of a faulty burn.