Vista - Outlook .pst from circa 1998-2000 to 2007

I've just converted from a 200 Pro system to a new PC running Vista. A
fresh, clean install.

Prior to the setting up the new system, I exported my Outlook contacts and
messages via the Export command to an external hard drive. The drive is now
connected to the Vista system and all is well except I can't open the
backup.pst in Outlook 2007. There are some very good suggestions in the
other posts in this forum, but not luck. I've tried the scanpst.exe
approach. It found 7 just 7 errors. The backup.pst file is not very large

When I attempt to open it in 2007 with File-Open-Outlook Data File, it just
shows a new Personal Files header in the browser pane.

When I attempt to open it in 2007 with File-Import and Export -Select File
Type-Personal Folder File (.pst) it pauses shows nothing.

Any suggestions? Thank you. A happy Vista Newbie.

You need to add the file to Outlook in File - Data File Management.

Once you have copied all the data you want to a single pst file you should
set that pst as the default mail handler, if it isn't that already, and then
remove the one you don't want in Data File Management.



"Vista Newbie" <Vista Newbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:59D6B729-D599-4264-8CBF-E2A0843AB03D@microsoft.com...
> I've just converted from a 200 Pro system to a new PC running Vista. A
> fresh, clean install.
>
> Prior to the setting up the new system, I exported my Outlook contacts and
> messages via the Export command to an external hard drive. The drive is
> now
> connected to the Vista system and all is well except I can't open the
> backup.pst in Outlook 2007. There are some very good suggestions in the
> other posts in this forum, but not luck. I've tried the scanpst.exe
> approach. It found 7 just 7 errors. The backup.pst file is not very
> large
>
> When I attempt to open it in 2007 with File-Open-Outlook Data File, it
> just
> shows a new Personal Files header in the browser pane.
>
> When I attempt to open it in 2007 with File-Import and Export -Select File
> Type-Personal Folder File (.pst) it pauses shows nothing.
>
> Any suggestions? Thank you. A happy Vista Newbie.
>
>

Thanks Dominic, but all I get are two items in the browser pane:
- Deleted items
- Search folders
and both are empty. What did I do wrong?

Did you copy your original main pst file - default name Outlook.pst - to the
external drive? If so, open that with Data File Management.

If you exported to a file, import from the file type - using File - Import
and Export - you exported to.
Can you see the file you exported to on the external drive? What relevant
files do you see on the external drive and how large are they?



"Vista Newbie" <VistaNewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Dominic, but all I get are two items in the browser pane:
> - Deleted items
> - Search folders
> and both are empty. What did I do wrong?
>
>
>