Outlook won't open and can't find my .pst file after XP crash

[Paul Melito]

Windows XP crashed on my computer and I could not repair
it so instead i installed xp again on the same partition
hoping that I would be able to just copy all the files i
wanted out of my old install of xp into the new and then
delete the old. so far this has worked fine except for
Outlook 2000. I re-installed it from Microsoft Office2000
Small Business but it will not open (I get a "The
operation failed message") and I cannot find my old .pst
file anywhere in the old install.

Please help.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To find your old .pst file, you need to enable viewing hidden and system
folders in the Windows search.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Paul Melito asked:

| Windows XP crashed on my computer and I could not repair
| it so instead i installed xp again on the same partition
| hoping that I would be able to just copy all the files i
| wanted out of my old install of xp into the new and then
| delete the old. so far this has worked fine except for
| Outlook 2000. I re-installed it from Microsoft Office2000
| Small Business but it will not open (I get a "The
| operation failed message") and I cannot find my old .pst
| file anywhere in the old install.
|
| Please help.