Outlook 2002 10.2627.2625 pst not recognized

[markmann]

Hi I backed up my email and then coppied it to a disk. I reinstalled my
whole machine for I got a new one.

When I go to import my PST file, it says not a PST????

Anyone heard of this???

 

[DL]

The pst has to be located on the hd, the read only flag off, then in OL
File>Open>Data File and browse to location.
NB Do NOT overwrite any existing pst

 

[markmann]

Thankx for the reply. I tried to open it from the hard drive and first was
told that it was not a PST file. I asked XP to search the web for an
appropiate program to open this document and was pointed to outlook.

I checked the read only button and it was off.

I tried the OL> File>Open>Data File

and it said that it is not a PST.

The size is 796 MB (834,797,568 bytes).

Is there a size restriction for a PST???

Thankx again.

I know the data is there, just how to access it??

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thankx for the reply. I tried to open it from the hard drive and
first was told that it was not a PST file. I asked XP to search the
web for an appropiate program to open this document and was pointed
to outlook.

I checked the read only button and it was off.

I tried the OL> File>Open>Data File

and it said that it is not a PST.

Whatever method you used to "backup" your PST has corrupted it and it is not
recoverable without a commercial product.

 

[markmann]

Thankx Brian for the reply.

I used outlook to back up.

What commercial products are available for this type of recovery as well do
you know of 1 with a trial preiod?

Thankx again,
Mark

 

[Brian Tillman]

I used outlook to back up.

Describe your exact procedure.

What commercial products are available for this type of recovery as
well do you know of 1 with a trial preiod?

Google for "PST recovery"