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Kevin
I've posted a few queries about this - I'm getting closer
but still not quite there.
I had to re-build my computer from a "format c:" on up
(after doing a backup). Everything rebuilt OK,
applications re-installed, docs restored. All works
great now except that I cannot seem to get Outlook 2002
(on Windows XP Pro) to recognize the 100+MB of saved e-
mails, contacts, etc. from the backed-up pst file. I've
tried most everything suggest here in similar problem
reports - opening the backup version from the file menu,
scanpst, and importing it. All seemed to work - but came
up empty of items and not even showing the sub-folders I
had created to organize the e-mails - i.e., nothing
showed but the default Outlook objects of calendar,
contacts, inbox, etc.
In my latest, and nearly successful attempt, I downloaded
a trial version of Outlook Recovery (OR), which shows
much of the structure of what's missing and the objects
in those structures (won't actually restore them
unless/until I buy the license). Unfortunately, it
doesn't show the most important sub-folder I need, so I'm
not willing to fork over the $250 to buy the product.
But it does prove that most if not all of the stuff is
there.
Worth noting - I was not having trouble with Outlook
prior to the re-build, so I have no reason to believe
that the backup pst was in any way corrupted. And I did
not delete all the stuff. Also worth noting that I had
installed all the latest SP's and patches to both Windows
and Office before the re-build, and after - so there is
no version mis-match all the way down to the patch level.
Thanks for any help/suggestions.
but still not quite there.
I had to re-build my computer from a "format c:" on up
(after doing a backup). Everything rebuilt OK,
applications re-installed, docs restored. All works
great now except that I cannot seem to get Outlook 2002
(on Windows XP Pro) to recognize the 100+MB of saved e-
mails, contacts, etc. from the backed-up pst file. I've
tried most everything suggest here in similar problem
reports - opening the backup version from the file menu,
scanpst, and importing it. All seemed to work - but came
up empty of items and not even showing the sub-folders I
had created to organize the e-mails - i.e., nothing
showed but the default Outlook objects of calendar,
contacts, inbox, etc.
In my latest, and nearly successful attempt, I downloaded
a trial version of Outlook Recovery (OR), which shows
much of the structure of what's missing and the objects
in those structures (won't actually restore them
unless/until I buy the license). Unfortunately, it
doesn't show the most important sub-folder I need, so I'm
not willing to fork over the $250 to buy the product.
But it does prove that most if not all of the stuff is
there.
Worth noting - I was not having trouble with Outlook
prior to the re-build, so I have no reason to believe
that the backup pst was in any way corrupted. And I did
not delete all the stuff. Also worth noting that I had
installed all the latest SP's and patches to both Windows
and Office before the re-build, and after - so there is
no version mis-match all the way down to the patch level.
Thanks for any help/suggestions.