Problem importing PST

[Charles]

Hi all

I have a user who has 800 mb PST file. I upgraded his
machine from 98 to 2000. Now his Outlook XP freezes when
he opens it. This is what I did. I moved the original PST
file from the default location. Opened Outlook and
connected to a new PST file. Now I would like to import
only the inbox of the original file that I moved over to
the server. I highlight inbox in the new empty PST,
select import/export , import from PST , location
\\server\oldPST , highlight inbox , including subfolders,
import into the current folder. Now after few min Oulook
freezes, and I am not able to Open it , even after a
reboot. Then I notice after selecting Outlook Icon
Properties on the desktop, that in Data Files there are 2
Data files, 1 has the default path
(C:\Doc+Settings\User\Local
Setting\AppData\Msft\Outlook\outlook.pst), that`s fine
and second data file is the path of the file who`s inbox
I tried to import.(\\server\oldpst) After I remove this
data file, Outlook starts. But why doesn`t it import the
inbox and freezes? This drives me insane, since this PST
belongs to some important salesman in my comp.

Please Help
Cheers

 

[Paul]

You might want to try using scanpst to check the old pst
file for errors.