What you claim to have done would work fine had you done so correctly. Apparently you did not, but we have no idea what you did wrong from your description. How did you copy this file? Precisely how are you trying to access it? How many PST files do you see in your Outlook profile?
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "mg" <mg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:45D6C6F8-D6C4-4580-8E0D-4DFFD9D4F869@microsoft.com...
>I copied my .pst onto a CD (after making sure it was the right file and > noting its size). I then loaded the copy on the new machine and tried to > open it as a personal folder both directly from CD (which can't work > because > it's read only) and after copying it to my hard drive and making sure it > wasn't read only. > > It (or something opens) as a new Personal Folders but my messages, > folders, > contacts are not there. > > I went back and made sure it was the right file and its size indicates > that > it is. > > The file is still working properly on my XP machine. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. > > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: >
>> Pst files from Outlook 2000 are perfectly compatible with Outlook 2007. >> Time >> to provide some information: how you created, saved and accessed this >> file. >> -- >> Russ Valentine >> [MVP-Outlook] >> "mg" <mg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:2A42FD4F-85B4-4A7A-ADE0-58350FC76139@microsoft.com...
>> > I've got a large 2000 file (250MB) with lots of folders and messages, >> > contacts, etc. I open it in 2007 and none of the messages, contacts, >> > etc. >> > appear. What can I do?
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30 Aug 2008Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.mg
30 Aug 2008\ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
30 Aug 2008   \ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.mg
30 Aug 2008      |- Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
30 Aug 2008      |  \ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.mg
30 Aug 2008      |     \ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
08 Oct 2008      |        \ Large PST file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.Antony Boggis
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30 Aug 2008      \ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.DL
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