Recovery a backup file of outlook???????

[gsgchile]

With w98 I run Outlook2000.
I copy the file outlook.pst to a CD.

Next I format the PC and I install W200PRO/Office2000STD and then I try to copy the the outlook.pst (CD) to the PC and appears the following message:

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Error al copiar un archivo o carpeta
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No se puede copiar outlook: La estructura del disco est daada o es ilegible.

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Can anyone help me on the recovery of that file??

I will appreciate a lot, because is a complete one year of mails.
Thanks,

GSGCHILE

[A Murricun]

This thread belongs in "Help Desk".

But we will try to help.

Let's hope the problem is due the changed structure of the .pst file.  I would first try to find a Win 98 machine (or re-install Win 98 and Outlook 2000).  Verify that your file is readable.

If that doesn't work, you need a real expert.

[gsgchile]

Thanks A Murricum, but it seems to be a problem in the file backuped, because allways the backup function to upper levels and sometimes to downlevels.

If you have w200pro/outlook200 and you backup the pst file, and then yuou download to w98/outlook98 probably it dosen't work.

The problems is still open.

[David Cressey]

How did you copy outlook.pst to the CD in the first place?

Did you do a verify after copying?

Are you copying from the CD using the same drive you used to write the CD?

Is the CD a CD-R or a CD-RW?


Adonde vives en Chile?

[JTGalt]

You did not mention if you have any kind of access to the file while it is on the CD. Can you read the CD directly from the PC ? Can you display any information about the CD without Error messages? Is the CD Surface Clean? Any dust, Any Fingerprints?

Also Copying a file to a CD can set the Attributes to Read Only.

When you copy it back to the PC just right click on the file - then go to properties and make sure that the Attributes are set to Archive.

In the next few days I am going to create an application for a client that reads their EMail automatically and extracts the Emails that are generated from their WebSite and then responds to them automatically, so i will be mucking around with the Outlook .pst file format and I will pass on anything I find that might help. If the file has not been deleted it should be relatively easy to extract any data you want from it.

If the problem is with the CD this should be helpful.

It's called ISOBuster
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or Bad Copy Pro
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[Dan]

Any particular reason you don't want to use CDO, have the app log onto Exchange, and process the emails that way?
Yeah, I know CDO is, uh, "interesting" to work with.

Or another approach could be to use a third-party tool like the one I used a couple of years ago from AdminSystem.net. Web pages (and apps) can send emails and retrieve them without needing Exchange. You just need a web, POP, and SMTP server.

Took me a couple of weeks to get a workable CDO-based app talking to Exchange.
Took a couple of days to build a web-based app to send emails and a service to retrieve and process them using the third-party tool.

Oh, and the component wasn't pricey, either.

[JTGalt]

This is a just a small enhancement I wanted to add to the software for their convenience it really is not necessary but they would really appreciate it if it worked trouble free but really would not have any awareness of what they are missing if it was not included (They still use typewriters occasionaally). Back around 1995 I took on this "small, simple" project which involved working with the forerunners of todays MAPI, CDO, Exchange, and Outlook and it was anything but simple I eventually had to create some fancy custom hacks for things that were even beyond the help of Microsoft's best expensive technical help.

I really want to stay very simple such as just using techniques like opening the Outlook Message Files directly using Binary Access, scanning for the particular strings that are in the message and extracting any of the necessary information.

I have a lot of routines I have developed using Winsock to just interact with POP and SMTO Servers and retrieve and send EMail directly but again at this point I just want to keep it simple and just work with has been downloaded locally to a particular machine.

I only use components for a client that I have evaluated over a long period of time and know exactly how they work. And this is only if it is needed to save development time.

Usually by this time I have developed many of my own routines that mirror the functionality of the component. And I have sliced and diced and separated them so that I can import them separately from a software database and recreate the original component or something similar and leave out all the overhead that is not used.

PS I recently found this interesting utility that looks real good and seems to be able to give you a good snapshot of what is happening deep down and it might be helpful.

OutLook Spy
www.dimastr.com/outspy/

OutlookSpy is the ultimate Outlook developer tool. Integrated directly into Outlook, it provides fast and convenient access to all Outlook Object Model objects, lets you examine values of the properties, call functions, browse object hierarchy and monitor Outlook events. CDO is supported too!