Maybe the .pst file is corrupted somehow. Here are some things I would try - dunno if they would work, but they're worth a shot:
1. try opening the pst file in MS Word or even Wordpad as a text file - then manually recover what you can by copy/paste. 2. try renaming the file to .txt and then opening as mentioned above. 3. put the file on a thumb drive or SD card and plug it into computer. Go to My Computer and try running a ChkDsk on the drive. If chkdsk sees that the file is corrupt it will try to fix it and recover fragments of it which you can access (maybe) with any text file editor. I 'think' chkdsk will store any file fragments it creates in a folder on the drive your run it on. These files will be called random numbers such as *******.chk. You can maybe open these in any text editor and try to recover your data - or, sometimes, you can simply rename the .chk to .pst and the file will miraculously open (heh, I hope). BE SURE TO ONLY DO THIS WITH a COPY of your pst file, since the file might be destroyed in the chkdsk process. Good luck, Donk On 10/28/2011 9:17 AM, Absolute Sound Labs (Grps) wrote: > Hi Donk& Group... > > The PST file that I am trying to recover is the one that is > in the ADMIN account which I can't access due to the crash > and non-compatibility of this file. I am able to copy the > PST file from the damaged account, but the currently > installed Outlook won't import it for some reason. I have > tried most everything that I know of without success. I am > only interested in the Contacts portion. As I mentioned the > contacts are in the PST file and that program (R-Mail) shows > them to me, in its demo, but won't allow me to do anything > with the information, hence my thought of a program to > extract the contacts and then make them compatible with > Excel, which would at least allow me to sort and then print > the listing. That way I could at least have a hard-copy > which I could consult if I needed anything or allow me to > enter them all in the current, working version of Outlook. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Donk > Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2011 18:05 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook to Excel > Conversion... > > > I remember your problem. I think I suggested that you try > exporting the > contact list (or whatever) from Outlook as either a .txt or > .csv (comma > separated values) file. Then you can import it into Excel. > Your best > bet is to do it as a .csv. You might have to do some manual > editing to > get the fields set up correctly, but it's better than > nothing. > > Good luck, > Donk > > > On 10/27/2011 3:21 PM, Absolute Sound Labs (Grps) wrote: >> Hello Everyone... >> >> Does anyone know of a program that will import information >> from an Outlook Office 2000 program, in a format that I > can >> input into an Excel spreadsheet for sorting. I am mainly >> interested in the Contact portion of the Outlook.pst file. > I >> tried to open the file in Open Office, but without any > luck. >> The pst file is not from my current account but from a >> damaged account that I can no longer access. (See my >> previous Outlook woes for the horrible story). >> >> I can see the contacts using a program called R-Mail for >> outlook, demo version, but can not afford the $399.00 > price >> tag to be able to save them. >> >> I am running XP-Home, SP3 and Office 2000 pro. >> >> Help anyone? >> >> Thanks... >> >> Mark >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3674 - Release Date: 06/01/11 > 16:45:00 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
