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    Corrupt PST File

    Hi,

    I recently had a corrupt hard drive and so I decided to exportmy e-mails to a pst file to put on my new drive. This went as planned, however when trying to restore the pst file outlook 2003 tells me that it is not a valid file. I have tried ontracks e-mail recovery tool plus various others all to no success,

    Please, please help!!

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    have you tried scanpst ?
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    Yeah, it just says the file is invalid.

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    Try this link and try the demo file.

    http://www.scandbx.com/
    Last edited by MD; 06-07-2006 at 08:24 PM.

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    the file extension is .pst right?

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    I'm sure I had this problem a couple of years ago with an outlook personal file. Can't you open it with a database program or something then convert it back?

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    Re: Corrupt PST File

    Hi,

    You can try a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced Outlook Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files.

    Hope this still can help.


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    Re: Corrupt PST File

    If the PST has been corrupted by ransomware, then nothing will fix it.

    Do you know the source of the corruption?
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    Re: Corrupt PST File

    I hope that in the intervening 11 years, the OP has solved the problem, otherwise he will have a lot of emails to deal with when his system comes back to life!

    Given the age of the thread, I think Ill close it!
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