I would download a free hex editor and compare a good PST file with the one in questions and make sure the beginning of each file (where it proclaims to be a PST file) is the same.
Travis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herschel Jones (Industries - Augusta) Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I have had that happen 2 or 3 times here, and have not been able to recover the pst, even with the use of scanpst. Herschel Jones Email Systems Administrator - MIS Boral Industries 706-821-3684 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Post Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Outlook is opening & running fine. I just need to get my mail, contacts, etc., from the corrupted pst file. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Robb Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Hi Mike If the Outlook program is crashing at the splash screen look for and rename the following file - Outcmd.dat - this file when corrupt will stop the program from opening. Running Scanpst will not fix this issue. Reload the program will not ifx the issue either. If that does not work the other file you can rename is extend.dat - this will also stop Outlook from opening. Regards, James Robb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Post Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Win98SE, Outlook 2000. Permissions are ok. I have re-created the profile & tried to import or restore from backup & they both give me the message "the file is not a personal folders file"! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Shepherd Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:55 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Mike - Which OS and Outlook is the user using? I would Check File & permissions in the profile. I would Delete the profile and recreate it. I have seen similar problem under Outlook 97. If they can open Outlook, try exporting all folders individually except the corrupted one. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mike Post [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... Recently, one of our users tried to open Outlook & got an error message (which they couldn't remember!) & Outlook quit. Long story short, the pst file had become corrupt. 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