Re: Problem transferring contacts from old computer

From: Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] (russval_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:37:03 -0500

You mean you exported a PST file directly onto the storage medium? If so,
you have a corrupt file you can't repair.
To back up a PST file you must create it in a location on your hard drive,
quite Outlook, then use Windows Explorer to copy it onto your storage
medium. 

-- 
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"videomag" <videomag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1C6208E5-185B-4524-8A62-37DD25710E24@microsoft.com...
> Russ the Archive was checked but not the Read.
>
> I also did the File>New>Outlook and it saved the file as "Personal
> Folder.pst" on my zip disk.
>
> I brought the disk to my new Win2000 system with Outlook2002 and did the
> File>Open>Outlook Data File to the files on the zip disk.  Should I copy 
> the
> file to my HD first?  If so where do I need to copy it too?
>
> In Outlook I opened up my Folder window.  There are two Archive folders,
> one Outlook Today folder, and four Personal folders.
>
> If I click on some of the Archive or Personal folders I get a window 
> saying
> "Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Outlook could not access the
> specified folder location. Errors have been detected in the file
> D:\Outlook\archive.pst. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use 
> the
> Inbox Repair Tool."
>
> I don't know where the Inbox Repair Tool is located if I need to use it.
>
> PS  Thanks for the help!
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Please answer my second question.
>> You need only use File > Open > Outlook Data File to access these files, 
>> as
>> long as you've moved them to your hard drive and removed their read only
>> attribute.
>> -- 
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "videomag" <videomag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3E16C992-6F5D-4D5B-A57D-12126F4CD868@microsoft.com...
>> > On my new system I opened up Outlook and then I tried the
>> > (File/Open/Outlook
>> > Data File) with no luck. I tried (File/open/selected items) no luck. 
>> > Tried
>> > (File/Import and Export/Import from another program or file, selected 
>> > the
>> > .pst files, used the browser to locate the Outlook file on the zip 
>> > disk)
>> > and
>> > I get an error telling me that the .pst file isn't a .pst file. It does
>> > the
>> > same thing with the Archive and the Backup .pst files.
>> >
>> > I saw on a previous post you said to do the following: 
>> > File>New>Outlook
>> > Data to create a pst file.  I haven't done this because the pst files 
>> > are
>> > already present.  Do I need to do the above?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> State what you tried and what happened.
>> >> Did you move the files to a hard drive and remove their Read only
>> >> attribute?
>> >> -- 
>> >> Russ Valentine
>> >> [MVP-Outlook]
>> >> "videomag" <videomag@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B5AC20A3-E3B9-4EB0-84F2-125974E999C8@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am running Outlook on a Win2000 system and I have a large Contact 
>> >> >list
>> >> >on
>> >> > it that I want to copy to a new WinXP system.
>> >> >
>> >> > What I have done is this.  I located the Archive, Backup and Outlook
>> >> > pst
>> >> > files on the old system and copied them to a Zip disk.  I took the 
>> >> > disk
>> >> > to
>> >> > the new system and I just can't seem to get my Outlook in the WinXP 
>> >> > to
>> >> > load
>> >> > the old Contact file.  I want to merge my old Contacts list with my 
>> >> > new
>> >> > Contacts list but I don't want to change my new Calendar on the XP
>> >> > machine.
>> >> >
>> >> > How is this done?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

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