Unable to open .pst file

[Guest]

I'm unable to open a .pst file. The .pst file was copied from one computer to
another. Both computers have Outlook 2003 Professional installed. When
attempting to open the data file, I get an error message, "Errors have been
detected...use scanpst.exe..."
When I did this, the recovered file had scant data, and I renamed the
Outlook.bak file to Outlook.pst. But I was still unable to open the renamed
..pst file.

I then used the Office installation disk to do a "repair". But nothing
changed.

I have no other backup of this file, which contains essential work data.
Ugh!

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[DL]

If the read only is off, the pst is on the hd, you *didnt overwrite* any
existing pst, you have run scanpst several times and you are still unable to
open the pst then likely the copy process was corrupt.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm unable to open a .pst file. The .pst file was copied from one
computer to another. Both computers have Outlook 2003 Professional
installed. When attempting to open the data file, I get an error
message, "Errors have been detected...use scanpst.exe..."
When I did this, the recovered file had scant data, and I renamed the
Outlook.bak file to Outlook.pst. But I was still unable to open the
renamed .pst file.

The process you used to copy the PST has corrupted it, probably beyond
repair. Was Outlook closed when you copied it?