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To backup Outlook data files, with outlook closed simply copy them.
Or use the free MS Backup addin available on outlook site
Personally I use Acronis TI for backup and imaging
If scanpst doesnt recognise the data file, then that data file is too
corrupted or the backup/copy process went wrong
If scanpst attempts to repair, but then errors out, you could retry several
times, sometimes that works.
There are third party tools (paid for) which can be used to recover corrupt
data files
"the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0224FE7A-6C67-4BE2-B392-D71A4C712C8D@microsoft.com...
Or use the free MS Backup addin available on outlook site
Personally I use Acronis TI for backup and imaging
If scanpst doesnt recognise the data file, then that data file is too
corrupted or the backup/copy process went wrong
If scanpst attempts to repair, but then errors out, you could retry several
times, sometimes that works.
There are third party tools (paid for) which can be used to recover corrupt
data files
"the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0224FE7A-6C67-4BE2-B392-D71A4C712C8D@microsoft.com...
> Dear DL,
>
> Firstly, my belated thanks for all your help. I was traveling and only
> just
> have been able to follow your advice.
>
> I deleted everything related to outlook, including all the accounts in the
> profile, and reinstalled. Followed the steps you suggested. From the
> long
> long list of PST's, only one file, and one archive file could be read by
> outlook using the data file open.... The others generated a message
> saying
> that the *.pst files were not pst files.
>
> But at least I retreived two so far :)
>
> I closed everything and then ran the scanpst utility on the other files
> (I've appended them below). Again, I received the following message on
> nearly all of them: "inbox repair tool doesn't recognoise the file... No
> information can be recovered"
>
> However, on a few of them (large ones, like 837,225 KB), the utility
> seemed
> to work but then would generate the following message: "An error has
> occurred
> which caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have been made to the
> scanned file" at which point scanpst just closes itself down.
>
> -- Any suggestions on what I can try next to recover some more of these
> files? And why scanpst is crashing?
>
> -- Is it because they were too large? (I thought there was no longer a 2GB
> limit since 2003...)
>
> -- On a more general note, what is the best housekeeping/backup procedure
> to
> follow with outlook so this nightmare never happens to me again?
>
> Finally, I suspect that the Vista backup/restore utility actually does do
> somethig weird to the files, because I have (should say "had") a number of
> large video files on my hard disk. Vista's backup utility broke them into
> many smaller files never really exceeding 200,000 kb before compressing
> them...
>
> thanks again
>
> Tad
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>
> Firstly, my belated thanks for all your help. I was traveling and only
> just
> have been able to follow your advice.
>
> I deleted everything related to outlook, including all the accounts in the
> profile, and reinstalled. Followed the steps you suggested. From the
> long
> long list of PST's, only one file, and one archive file could be read by
> outlook using the data file open.... The others generated a message
> saying
> that the *.pst files were not pst files.
>
> But at least I retreived two so far :)
>
> I closed everything and then ran the scanpst utility on the other files
> (I've appended them below). Again, I received the following message on
> nearly all of them: "inbox repair tool doesn't recognoise the file... No
> information can be recovered"
>
> However, on a few of them (large ones, like 837,225 KB), the utility
> seemed
> to work but then would generate the following message: "An error has
> occurred
> which caused the scan to be stopped. No changes have been made to the
> scanned file" at which point scanpst just closes itself down.
>
> -- Any suggestions on what I can try next to recover some more of these
> files? And why scanpst is crashing?
>
> -- Is it because they were too large? (I thought there was no longer a 2GB
> limit since 2003...)
>
> -- On a more general note, what is the best housekeeping/backup procedure
> to
> follow with outlook so this nightmare never happens to me again?
>
> Finally, I suspect that the Vista backup/restore utility actually does do
> somethig weird to the files, because I have (should say "had") a number of
> large video files on my hard disk. Vista's backup utility broke them into
> many smaller files never really exceeding 200,000 kb before compressing
> them...
>
> thanks again
>
> Tad
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> By Profile I mean Outlook Profile, you can create a new Profile via the
>> Mail
>> Applet in the control Panel, or the Outlook Data File Management
>> shortcut,
>> if you have one on the desktop.
>> I have never used the Vista default backup tool, but I would'nt have
>> thought
>> it would have split, or could have split, your origonal outlook data
>> file.
>> When you create the new Profile, add a new data file.
>> Copy any pst files, on dvd to the documents folder.
>> Once Outlook is running, within Outlook, File>Open>Data
>> file.........browse
>> to and open one of the pst's in the documents folder to see what it
>> contains. Then iff neccessary copy data from this to your default set of
>> Personal Folders
>>
>> "the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:1E89DD24-0CCF-42EF-96B4-AAEFF9BF5C43@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> Applet in the control Panel, or the Outlook Data File Management
>> shortcut,
>> if you have one on the desktop.
>> I have never used the Vista default backup tool, but I would'nt have
>> thought
>> it would have split, or could have split, your origonal outlook data
>> file.
>> When you create the new Profile, add a new data file.
>> Copy any pst files, on dvd to the documents folder.
>> Once Outlook is running, within Outlook, File>Open>Data
>> file.........browse
>> to and open one of the pst's in the documents folder to see what it
>> contains. Then iff neccessary copy data from this to your default set of
>> Personal Folders
>>
>> "the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:1E89DD24-0CCF-42EF-96B4-AAEFF9BF5C43@microsoft.com...
>> > sorry, can I bother you for more clarification?
>> >
>> > -- should I delete the old profile before I do that? Not sure I know
>> > what
>> > you mean by "profile". this is just my account info & stuff?
>> >
>> > --which document file are you referring to that I should be copying to?
>> >
>> > --if the strange filenames were created by the vista backup utility
>> > before
>> > zipping them, is there a way to merge all these PST files I have into
>> > one?
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Tad
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>>>> >
>> > -- should I delete the old profile before I do that? Not sure I know
>> > what
>> > you mean by "profile". this is just my account info & stuff?
>> >
>> > --which document file are you referring to that I should be copying to?
>> >
>> > --if the strange filenames were created by the vista backup utility
>> > before
>> > zipping them, is there a way to merge all these PST files I have into
>> > one?
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Tad
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You need to create a new Outlook Profile, uninstalling Outlook has no
>> >> impact
>> >> on the data files or Profile.
>> >> Do not copy the Profile, add a new data File then test
>> >> Copy any old pst files you have to the Documents folder, not the
>> >> default
>> >> location, then in Outlook, File>Open>Data File......browse to the
>> >> location
>> >> and open them to see what they contain
>> >> (From the names given for your pst files it appears that these may
>> >> have
>> >> been
>> >> created by exporting from your origonal data file, to files as named -
>> >> never
>> >> the correct way to copy outlook data)
>> >>
>> >> "the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >> in
>> >> message news:8095056F-0EEC-4AEF-92C4-DB1B7983AC04@microsoft.com...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> impact
>> >> on the data files or Profile.
>> >> Do not copy the Profile, add a new data File then test
>> >> Copy any old pst files you have to the Documents folder, not the
>> >> default
>> >> location, then in Outlook, File>Open>Data File......browse to the
>> >> location
>> >> and open them to see what they contain
>> >> (From the names given for your pst files it appears that these may
>> >> have
>> >> been
>> >> created by exporting from your origonal data file, to files as named -
>> >> never
>> >> the correct way to copy outlook data)
>> >>
>> >> "the artful dodger" <theartfuldodger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >> in
>> >> message news:8095056F-0EEC-4AEF-92C4-DB1B7983AC04@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Help Help!
>> >> >
>> >> > My VISTA PC crashed after an upgrade, and I had to reformat and
>> >> > reinstall
>> >> > everything.
>> >> >
>> >> > Luckily, I had used the VISTA backup/restore function not long
>> >> > before,
>> >> > so
>> >> > wasn't too worried... However, there is a MS bug that prevents it
>> >> > actually
>> >> > functioning properly (SO DO NOT EVER RELY ON IT!!!)
>> >> >
>> >> > As a result, I have had to unzip all the compressed outlook files
>> >> > that
>> >> > were
>> >> > created on DVD by vista's Backup/restore function. I have several
>> >> > PST
>> >> > files
>> >> > such as these ones.
>> >> >
>> >> > Microsoft Outlook The Director-00000017
>> >> > Outlcontact-00000002
>> >> > Microsoft Outlook The Director conttact-00000005
>> >> > Etc...
>> >> >
>> >> > I went into user\appdata\local\microsft\outlook and put them there
>> >> > in
>> >> > place
>> >> > of what was the empty .pst files. it has turned into a disaster, as
>> >> > outlook
>> >> > 2007 opened with about ten times the same account, but none of the
>> >> > subfolders.
>> >> >
>> >> > I tried running the outlook utility (don't remeber what it's called,
>> >> > it's
>> >> > for repairing corrupt databases). I fixed some of them, and others
>> >> > it
>> >> > just
>> >> > didn't recognize.
>> >> >
>> >> > I ended up with the contacts and calendar back in place, but not my
>> >> > files
>> >> > and iolders, which is all I care about... (calendar & contacts are
>> >> > safe
>> >> > on
>> >> > the blackberry)
>> >> >
>> >> > As the data would seem to be available (the PST are all very large)
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > sure
>> >> > there's a way of getting it all back.
>> >> >
>> >> > So now I uninstalled Oulook 2007, went and searched for any
>> >> > data/files
>> >> > that
>> >> > may have been left behind and deleted that also, and now am trying a
>> >> > clean
>> >> > install. However, Oulook won't open. It is looking for the deleted
>> >> > files...
>> >> > I point it towards some of the "restored" backups, and all I get are
>> >> > about
>> >> > five identical accounts with the same inbox, (synccced with my imap
>> >> > inbox)
>> >> > but none of teh other folders.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anyone have any brilliant ideas of how I should go about fixing this
>> >> > fiasco?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks millions :) !!!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>>> >> >
>> >> > My VISTA PC crashed after an upgrade, and I had to reformat and
>> >> > reinstall
>> >> > everything.
>> >> >
>> >> > Luckily, I had used the VISTA backup/restore function not long
>> >> > before,
>> >> > so
>> >> > wasn't too worried... However, there is a MS bug that prevents it
>> >> > actually
>> >> > functioning properly (SO DO NOT EVER RELY ON IT!!!)
>> >> >
>> >> > As a result, I have had to unzip all the compressed outlook files
>> >> > that
>> >> > were
>> >> > created on DVD by vista's Backup/restore function. I have several
>> >> > PST
>> >> > files
>> >> > such as these ones.
>> >> >
>> >> > Microsoft Outlook The Director-00000017
>> >> > Outlcontact-00000002
>> >> > Microsoft Outlook The Director conttact-00000005
>> >> > Etc...
>> >> >
>> >> > I went into user\appdata\local\microsft\outlook and put them there
>> >> > in
>> >> > place
>> >> > of what was the empty .pst files. it has turned into a disaster, as
>> >> > outlook
>> >> > 2007 opened with about ten times the same account, but none of the
>> >> > subfolders.
>> >> >
>> >> > I tried running the outlook utility (don't remeber what it's called,
>> >> > it's
>> >> > for repairing corrupt databases). I fixed some of them, and others
>> >> > it
>> >> > just
>> >> > didn't recognize.
>> >> >
>> >> > I ended up with the contacts and calendar back in place, but not my
>> >> > files
>> >> > and iolders, which is all I care about... (calendar & contacts are
>> >> > safe
>> >> > on
>> >> > the blackberry)
>> >> >
>> >> > As the data would seem to be available (the PST are all very large)
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > sure
>> >> > there's a way of getting it all back.
>> >> >
>> >> > So now I uninstalled Oulook 2007, went and searched for any
>> >> > data/files
>> >> > that
>> >> > may have been left behind and deleted that also, and now am trying a
>> >> > clean
>> >> > install. However, Oulook won't open. It is looking for the deleted
>> >> > files...
>> >> > I point it towards some of the "restored" backups, and all I get are
>> >> > about
>> >> > five identical accounts with the same inbox, (synccced with my imap
>> >> > inbox)
>> >> > but none of teh other folders.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anyone have any brilliant ideas of how I should go about fixing this
>> >> > fiasco?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks millions :) !!!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
| 02 Nov 2008 | nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .the artful dodger |
| 02 Nov 2008 |  Re: nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .DL |
| 03 Nov 2008 |  Re: nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .the artful dodger |
| 03 Nov 2008 | Re: nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .DL |
| 12 Nov 2008 | Re: nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .the artful dodger |
| 15 Nov 2008 | Re: nightmare trying to reinstall PST after vista crash | .DL |
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