.PST access error

[RBP]

Can anyone help?

I am trying to backup some Outlook folders, for disaster recovery.

I have copied Inbox.pst to a cd. Then put the cd into another pc to try to 'read' the Inbox.pst. (via import etc)
After getting another common error Now resolved (because the file was read only)

I am getting an error saying
"The file c: /save path/backup.pst is not a personal folders file"
Well I beg to differ!

Anyone got any ideas?

Machine 1 had the data to be backed up, exported to a .pst file(from outlook 97-2000)

Machine 2 had same op sys (win2k) but office/outlook 2003. Should be able to read data as going from older pc to newer pc.

Thanks in advance. Rob.

 

[smah]

Are you copying the .pst file to the local hard drive before you try to import?

 

[FredDibnah]

You cannot restore a .pst file if it is in a readonly state; i.e. when stored on a CD-R. You'll need to copy it to your hard drive first, change the file properties (unless your using XP then it does it for your) and then restore from it.

 

[RBP]

Thanks to both replies, I did copy the .pst from one PC to another, (via cd) but when I installed the file onto the new (recovery pc) I did reset the file attributes from READ only.

What I wanted to do was to export to a backup file on PC "A", copy to a cd, re-install on pc "B" then open the file on pc "B" So I'm still stuck, I've nearly got it but not quite.

 

[BeenThereDoneThat]

RBP:

There are some compatibility issues with 2003 because it is in unicode and 97 isn't. Here's a page with step by step to get around these issues.

http://www.sparnaaij.net/Howto/downgradefromoutlook2003.htm