Why does Outlook say it's not a .pst file?

[beansbaxter]

I did a backup, exported my Outlook 2000 in a valid .pst file. Now I did a reinstall of Windows, and have tried Outlook 2000 and 2003, and it keeps saying "not a valid .pst file."

Help please!! I need this data, it's all mission critical and I dont know how to read it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[LiLithTecH]

Are you importing the .PST file (choosing "Import from another program of file")?
That is the ONLY way to get mail imported from 2000 to 2003.

If you have a lot of folders in within the mail file Outlook 2000 acts funky when simply copying the PST file.

Outlook 2003 has compatiblity issues with older .PST files.

 

[Creston]

Make a copy of the .pst file and run

Scanpst.exe

on it. It may have gotten some errors, scanpst can sometimes fix those.

Creston