Problem importing Data into Outlook 2002 from 2003.

[SundanceKid]

I'm hoping that someone out there has had this problem and can help me out.
I did a backup on my other computer by exporting the data from Outlook 2003
to a file, then formatted the harddrive and am trying to import it into
Outlook 2002 on a different
computer and I get the following error:

"The file Backup01262004.pst is not compatible with this version of the
Personal Folders information service. Contact your administrator."

Is there a utility or something that I can use to restore the file?
Thank you in advance.

Rich

 

[Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]]

Previous versions of Outlook cannot read 2003's new UNICODE format. You'll
need to open the PST with a copy of Outlook 2003, select File | New |
Outlook Data File to create a new .pst file in the Outlook 97-2002 format.
Now export all your items and folders to that new PST file.