It's not an inconvenience. We can still help recover from mistakes, and
others would learn from your experience.
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"mg" <mg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:667A7D6D-9BAD-4C50-B02B-B81667B73FD8@microsoft.com...
> You were right. I did do somethingwrong. Sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> 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?
>> >>
>>
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
09 Oct 2008      |           \ Re: Large PST file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.Brian Tillman [MVP - ...
30 Aug 2008      \ Re: Large Outlook 2000 .pst file shows as empty in Outlook 2007.DL
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