open outlook.pst saved to an external hard drive

[karenj]

i have saved all files onto an external hard drive. after my computer
crashed i was able to recover from my external hard drive all files and
transfer them back to my computer. the exception is the information on
outlook that was saved to my external hard drive. i can't open it at all.
my computer has vista installed and i have outlook 2007. any suggestions?

 

[neo]

Are you copying the PST file back from the external hard to your local hard
drive? If yes, are you placing the file where you have full NTFS control
rights over the PST (e.g. Documents folder would be a good place because you
have full control)? If yes to both, when you try to open the PST file via
Outlook's File > Open > Outlook data file, do you get an error message? If
so what is the text of that message?