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Hi.

Am trying to Import my XP .pst file (2.8mb) to my Windows 7 with Outlook 2007 Laptop.

All of the usual various error messages appear which litter the Forums and having tried pretty well all of the suggested fixes, stiil can't get my .pst file to load.

Have tried Scanpst but get message saying that 'Inbox repair tool does not recognise the file'

Used Nero to burn a Disc from XP with the .pst file but although Nero completed the disk, did get a message saying errors were present.

Done it three times now with same result so could Nero be the problem?

Can anyone suggest a better program to copy my .pst file with?

Thanks.
 

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I assume you tried copying it using Windows to a USB drive, and then importing it? What error messages did that throw up?
 

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Exported .pst file 'Backup.pst' from Outlook 2003 to CD on XP machine.
Copied 'backup.pst' from CD to Windows 7 HDD.
Using Outlook 2007 on W7 Laptop 'Import from another program or file'.
Choose Personal Folder File (.pst).
Browse to Import 'backup.pst' file from W7 HDD.
Error message tells me 'backup.pst is not a Personal Folder File'
 

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Hi, Griffmaster, welcome to the Seven Forums! :)

Don't export the pst file to a backup. Just close Outlook 2003 on the XP machine and copy the actual pst file over to your Win 7 machine. It really shouldn't make a difference but since you are having issues with the exported pst file, copy the original pst file.
 

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Are you sure you let the entire .pst file get created? 2.8 MB is very very small for an entire .pst file.
 

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DeaconFrost said:
Are you sure you let the entire .pst file get created? 2.8 MB is very very small for an entire .pst file.
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Sorry to have mislead you, that's 2.8Gb
 

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mikedl said:
Hi, Griffmaster, welcome to the Seven Forums! :)
..........copy the actual pst file over to your Win 7 machine.........


I tried to do this to start with as I have always done with XP but the folder where .pst resides Username/Local Settings comes up as 'Local Settings not Accessible. Access is denied'

Tried all of the Googled suggestions for changing permissions but still cannot open or copy across to Outlook which I think resides within Local Settings?
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You can't import a .pst file from a read only source. You also shouldn't copy the file over to a system area. A flash drive would be best, or copy the .pst file to your desktop or a data drive on the new system, then try importing it properly from within Outlook.
 

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Thankyou all for your help, I have completed the .pst Import now.

What I did was to copy the Exported backup.pst which was a file within XP and copied that to an external USB HDD as I do not have a large enough Flash Drive with me at present.

I then connected the USB HDD to my Windows 7 Laptop and performed an Import via Outlook and this copied all of my XP Outlook data across.

Some problem must have repeatedly ocurred each time I burnt the XP .pst file to CD which is why I was being told that my .pst file was not a Personal Folder File in other words there was corruption.

Anyway done now so thanks again.
 

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Nice one. Perhaps you have some bum CD's? Its always best to burn these at slower speeda anyway to avoid potential corruptions.

Happy days :cool:
 

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As I mentioned above, you can't import the .pst file from a read-only source, such as a burned disc. Don't ask me why Outlook needs to read and write the data just to export, but it does. I've been working with .pst files for a decade now, and it is one thing I've never been happy with...that I can't send a person their .pst on a disc, and have them import right from the disc. I have to walk them through copying the to their desktop first, then importing.
 

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Just as an aside, some of those usb drives are not formatted ntfs, instead they are formatted so that
the maximum file size is 2gigs. so I always check the format to make sure they are ntfs.

ymmv
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Learnt a lot here today and certainly did not know about not being able to Import from a CD or DVD.

Normally when doing past XP reinstalls, I have burnt the existing .pst to a DVD before wiping XP and then copied from it overwriting the newly formed .pst.

This I could not do with 7 as I could not copy the .pst file as access was not granted.

I found a clear procedure on how to change File Ownership & Permissions on the related Folders which would have meant not trying to Import from a CD in the first place.

Using my Laptop as a bit of a learning machine before I install Windows 7 onto our 2 XP PC's.
 

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Griffmaster said:
I found a clear procedure on how to change File Ownership & Permissions on the related Folders which would have meant not trying to Import from a CD in the first place.
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Don't go altering permissions like this. That will put you on the fast track to issues. You never need to do this, and even if you had reinstalled XP, the .pst files should always be imported properly.
 

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DeaconFrost said:
Don't go altering permissions like this. That will put you on the fast track to issues. You never need to do this, and even if you had reinstalled XP, the .pst files should always be imported properly.
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I agree but I have other programs e.g. Google Earth with data files (My Places) which I will need to copy across to such Folders within W7 where default Owner/Permissions will not allow and as far as I can tell and such programs/software do not have an Import/Export facility?

Can always revert Ownership/Permissions back after copying data?

This is not a .pst issue though.
 

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