Reason #76 why PST=BAD. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alverson, Tom Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:30 AM To: Exchange Discussions Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: PST version - revisited I have had good luck repairing bad (over 2G) pst files by using ontrack's "easyrecovery" utility. I bought the version that does all types of office files (doc, xls, mdb, pst) as well as doing low level hard disk recovery and it was about $500. You can get the various pieces for less. I did try the Microsoft approved method, which was to run a utility that chops off the file at 2G (you have to experiment to find out how much). Chopped off data is lost forever. Then you run scanpst and it can recover some of the data, but in the one I tried it lost all the folder names (it had to make up new names). Using easyrecovery resulted in two good PST's (it was over 2g so the output couldn't fit into one). Everything looked fine in the recovered PST files. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Ali Wilkes (IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: PST version - revisited Ok not quite figured out. PST's are on cd. Copied to hdd, yes I remembered to uncheck RO. Still not able to access them. Tried scanpst. Not working very well. Any other ideas? TIA, Ali -----Original Message----- From: Ali Wilkes (IT) Posted At: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:48 AM Posted To: List - Exchange Server List Conversation: PST version Subject: RE: PST version Actually, I figured it out... I had opened them with ol2003beta a while back. I'll just wait til the audit is over and re-install officexp. >b thanks... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:31 AM Posted To: List - Exchange Server List Conversation: PST version Subject: Re: PST version Maybe it isn't? Did you try running scanpst against it. From: "Ali Wilkes (IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PST version Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:03:23 -0400 Had to rebuild... had office XP, now have office2k. Trying to open my .PST. When I try to add it to the service, a pop-up so thoughtfully informs me: "Exchange.PST is not a personal folders store". No, it is not checked read-only. Ideas? TIA, Ali _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
