State how you created and transported this file. If you created it by
exporting it you probably corrupted it.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stan Kaine" Stan wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have the same problem with importing a .pst file. I get the "file access
denied. you dont have permission to access C:\backup.pst" message.

I have deleted the file a number of times and re-imported it from the
original source. I've used the same file to import it to a windows XP OS
and
it worked fine.
The permissions are set correctly as far as I can tell.

The laptop Vista is installed on is new i.e. has not been upgraded from XP

Any help will be appreciated

cheers

Stan

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

I know but sometimes people get it in their head that if it won't work
one
way it will the other.

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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Diane Poremsky wrote:

2. Ignore Brian's comment. While opening directly is sometimes better
than Import, if it won't import it's not going to open either.

Notice I did say this, although not in those words.
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Brian Tillman

I am having a similar issue with some differences. I needed to reformat my tablet pc hard drive. I was using an older version of Outlook - 2003, I think. I didn't 'export' to a pst file, it was already saving my email, calendar, etc, into a pst file. Instead, I copied that pst file to the hard drive of another computer. I had been having trouble with some sort of 'redundancy error', so it had a hard time copying the file, so I 'zipped it' down, and copied the zip file. Now, as I've extracted the zip file back to the pst and copied onto my newly formatted hard drive and my newly installed Outlook 2007, I get an error message that says the file is not a pst file. I've tried every way I can think of from 'importing' it, to adding it as a data file, and get the same message. Unfortunately, I'm an architect, not a tech, so I'm sure I've messed this all up somewhere, but all my emails and contacts are in this pst file, and if there is ANY way to get it restored, I really need to try. any help is appreciated.

wrote:

I am having a similar issue with some differences. I needed to
reformat my tablet pc hard drive. I was using an older version of
Outlook - 2003, I think. I didn't 'export' to a pst file, it was
already saving my email, calendar, etc, into a pst file. Instead, I
copied that pst file to the hard drive of another computer. I had
been having trouble with some sort of 'redundancy error',

Probably Cyclic Redundancy Check error - a sign your hard drive is failing
and that the file had a read problem.

so it had a
hard time copying the file, so I 'zipped it' down, and copied the zip
file. Now, as I've extracted the zip file back to the pst and copied
onto my newly formatted hard drive and my newly installed Outlook
2007, I get an error message that says the file is not a pst file.

If Outlook was open when you made the copy, chances are your PST is junk.
It could also be the result of the read error. Some metadata in the PST was
trashed when you copied it.

I've tried every way I can think of from 'importing' it, to adding it
as a data file, and get the same message.

It's conceivable that one of the Office Recovery companies can restore your
PST. Google for "Office Recovery".
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Brian Tillman

Once I recovered mail from corrupted pst file ( bad sectors on hard drive
and stuff ) using importing tool in Mozilla. It took some time but succeeded
finally.