Outlook importing a pst file

[Guest]

I'm having trouble importing the .pst file that I generated before having my
laptop repaired. They wiped out my entire hard drive so the only way I can
recover my outlook files is through this backup.pst file. Unfortunately, it
tells me that the file is not a personal folder file and is seems like
outlook can't recognize it. I've tried to repair the file with the repair
script in outlook and I've tried putting it on my hard drive and then
importing it but I get the same error. I also verified that the file is not
"read-only" and I've even tried renaming the file and overwriting my current
outlook .pst file in windows (then outlook wouldn't open). Please help!!!!!

 

[Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]]

What version of Outlook?

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Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

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[Guest]

I was using 2003 before when I created the backup and I'm using 2003 now.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

 

[Patricia Cardoza [Outlook MVP]]

Hmmm. Usually that error is only seen when the file is read only or when it
was created with Outlook 2003 and you're now using an earlier version.

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Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Lead Author - Access 2003 VBA Programmer's Reference
Author - Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft OneNote 2003

http://blogs.officezealot.com/cardoza
http://www.cardozasolutions.com