PST is not a personal folders file

[js messier]

I have restored this file from a back up on a cd. it is 300 M in size. I have
cleared the read only attribute. I cannot open it with scanpst.exe, because
it tells me the same message. I encounter this behavior from all my pst
backup on CD or DVD.

I use office 2003 (outlook 2003)

can someone have any idea to troubleshoot these (or know a recovery tool,
free or not)

thanks

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You cannot read it from a CD as per definition it is a Read Only medium
(once written). You must first copy the data back to your harddisk and then
remove the Read Only file attribute. Then connect to it by File-> Open->
Outlook Data File...

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
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I have restored this file from a back up on a cd. it is 300 M in size. I
have
cleared the read only attribute. I cannot open it with scanpst.exe, because
it tells me the same message. I encounter this behavior from all my pst
backup on CD or DVD.

I use office 2003 (outlook 2003)

can someone have any idea to troubleshoot these (or know a recovery tool,
free or not)

thanks

 

[js messier]

The pst files where restored from CD and DVD. This means they are on a local
hard drive. And like i stated earlier, i have removed the read only attribute
once the files where on the local drive (not cd or DVD)