PST file won't open

[Frank]

I reformatted my hard disk and saved (exported) PST files
before doing so - but now office 2003 won't reload the PST
folders on my CD rom. I saved them first to the desktop
of course.

Outlook tells me the file is not a personal folders file
even though I can see the PST extension. It simply
refuses to open the old files even though I composed them
as an exported file from outlook 2003 before reformatting
the HD.

I tried pstscan.exe and various proprietary recovery tools
with no help. I am running win XP as well.

Any advice would be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks - F

 

[William Yuen]

Did you remove the Read only attritude of PST file ?

Best Regards

William Yuen

 

[Guest]

Yes I did. Additionally have tried a couple of sample
proprietary programs on the web which advertise help in
recovering corrupted PST files.

Thanks again for any advice you could give.