Restoring a pst file

[Guest]

I was using Outlook 97 and had the pst file copied to a CD. Now I am using a
different mail exchange server and using Outlook 2003. I tried to restore the
pst file, but when I open the outlook data file, it says that the
<pathname>/<filename>.pst is not a personal folder file. I desperately want
to restore the earlier pst file. Please help me.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I was using Outlook 97 and had the pst file copied to a CD. Now I am
using a different mail exchange server and using Outlook 2003. I
tried to restore the pst file, but when I open the outlook data file,
it says that the <pathname>/<filename>.pst is not a personal folder
file. I desperately want to restore the earlier pst file. Please help
me.

First remove the read-only attribute that it has from being on a CD. Then
try opening it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. I tried copying the pst file from CD to hard disk and
removed the read only attribute, but still got the same error message. The
pathname was different though. Is there anything else I am missing.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for the help. I tried copying the pst file from CD to hard
disk and removed the read only attribute, but still got the same
error message. The pathname was different though.

What do you mean by "the pathname was different"? Please describe EXACTLY
what steps you take and what you click when you attempt to do this.