I cannot import/retrieve archived emails from a archive.pst file.

[Simon Moakes]

I have a problem trying to restore an archive file in Outlook.

I am running Microsoft Outlook 2007 on a Windows Vista machine.

My archive.pst file is located in
C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook and has a file size of 933Mb
or 1,036,141,568 bytes.

I have tried to import the file using the following methods:

File/Open/Outlook Data
File/Import And Export/Oulook/Import from another program or file/Personal
folder file (,pst)
File/Data File Management.../Add

Each of the above methods will add archived folders in to the folder list,
but all the folders are empty; all my archived emails are not visible.

I have run scanost.exe and this is the report I received which was dumped
into my Deleted Items folder in Outlook:

11:28:14 Beginning offline folder file integrity check.
11:28:14 Performing initial synchronization.
11:28:14 Synchronizer Version 12.0.6315
11:28:14 Synchronizing Mailbox 'My Name'
11:28:14 Synchronizing Hierarchy
11:28:14 Synchronizing server changes in folder 'Internal Mail'
11:28:14 Downloading from server 'My Server'
11:28:14 Synchronizing local changes in folder 'My Company'
11:28:14 Uploading to server 'My Server'
11:28:14 1 view(s)/form(s) updated in online folder
11:28:14 Downloading from server 'My Server'
11:28:14 Synchronizing local changes in folder 'Deleted Items'
11:28:14 Uploading to server 'My Server'
11:28:14 1 item(s) deleted in online folder
11:28:14 Done
11:28:14 Performing integrity detection scan.
11:28:14 Scanning hierarchy.
11:28:14 Scanning folder Shortcuts.
11:28:14 Scanning folder Views.
11:28:14 Scanning folder Views.
11:28:14 Scanning folder Inbox.
11:28:14 Scanning folder Sent Items.
11:28:14 Scanning folder RSS Feeds.
11:28:15 Scanning folder Junk E-mail.
11:28:15 Scanning folder Internal Mail.
11:28:15 Scanning folder Private Email.
11:28:15 Scanning folder My Company.
11:28:15 Done

I also ran scanpst.exe and this is the report I received:

The following file has been scanned:

archive.pst

Only minor incosistences were found in this file. Repairing the file is
optional. To repair it, click Repair.

Folders found in this file: 11
Items found in this file: 0

....so I repaired the file an received the following report:

Microsoft (R) Inbox Repair Tool
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1995-1996. All rights reserved.
**Beginning NDB recovery
**Attempting to open database
**Attempting to validate header
**Attempting to validate AMap
**Attempting to validate BBT
**Attempting to validate NBT
**Attempting to validate BBT refcounts
??Couldn't find BBT entry in the RBT (10A5EC)
??Couldn't find BBT entry in the RBT (10A5F2)
??Couldn't find BBT entry in the RBT (10A5F4)
**Attempting to validate header NID high-water marks
**Beginning PST/OST recovery
**Attempting to recover all top-level objects
**Validiating column set of the GUST
**Attempting to walk all folders
**Attempting to locate any orphaned folders/messages
**Validiating GUST rowset
**Performing final HMP validation
**Attempting to check top-level objects for consistency
**Updating folder hierarchy
**Attempting to fix original file
**Attempting to copy back BBT
**Attempting to copy back NBT

I have tried to import the archive.pst folder in Outlook again with the same
dissappointing results.

Can anybody let me know if there is a way I can recover my archived items?