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Stu - 17 Dec 2007 13:51 GMT

Hello-
Recently had my HD crash. I had backed up HD with Norton 360, so all
was not lost. Unfortunately, Norton put my .pst files in a strange place and
now my reloaded Outlook will not find them. Can anyone tell me where to
manually move my restored .pst files so that I can see my old email,
contacts, etc.?
Thanks in advance,
Stu

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Gordon - 17 Dec 2007 14:27 GMT

> Hello-
> Recently had my HD crash. I had backed up HD with Norton 360, so all
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> Thanks in advance,
> Stu

All you have to do, is when outlook says it can't find the pst file,
navigate to where Norton put them back....

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DL - 17 Dec 2007 15:46 GMT

It is not neccessary to move the data files, within outlook,
File>Open.......browse to the location - I'm assuming the data files were
restored to HD and not a temp folder.
If required set this location as the default msg store

> Hello-
> Recently had my HD crash. I had backed up HD with Norton 360, so all
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> Thanks in advance,
> Stu

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yam - 18 Dec 2007 04:52 GMT

search for *.pst file once you find the pst file copy it to the desktop and
import it back to outlook
and next time please don't use norton to backup the data copy it over to
desktop

> It is not neccessary to move the data files, within outlook,
> File>Open.......browse to the location - I'm assuming the data files were
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> > Thanks in advance,
> > Stu

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Gordon - 18 Dec 2007 08:49 GMT

> search for *.pst file once you find the pst file copy it to the desktop
> and
> import it back to outlook

No NO NO! Do NOT USE IMPORT! This is posted on all the Outlook groups almost
on a daily basis!

Why not?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

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Stu - 18 Dec 2007 13:54 GMT

Still no luck. Found the restored .pst files and have moved them to
desktop, but when I try to use outlook file>open, I get the error: "Command
line is not valid. Verify the switch you are using."

> > search for *.pst file once you find the pst file copy it to the desktop
> > and
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DL - 18 Dec 2007 15:14 GMT

why an earth did you do that?

> Still no luck. Found the restored .pst files and have moved them to
> desktop, but when I try to use outlook file>open, I get the error:
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>> advise
>> people to import a native file into Outlook.

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yam - 21 Dec 2007 05:05 GMT

never open any .PST file which is in the desktop always importit or copy it
to the default location of the outlook data file folder and then open it .,.

Now if you are not able to open try runninga scanpst and then import that
back it shoukd work
if it doesnot forget about that PSt file

> why an earth did you do that?
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> >> advise
> >> people to import a native file into Outlook.

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DL - 21 Dec 2007 16:55 GMT

Importing a pst is not reccomended as it loses data & settings
It is not neccessary to locate the pst in the default location, and
overwriting any existing pst will corrupt it

> never open any .PST file which is in the desktop always importit or copy
> it
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>> >> advise
>> >> people to import a native file into Outlook.

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