> What size is your old (failed) pst?
>
> Within Outlook you can open your Archive files or backups (if they are
> copies of a pst, or created using the backup addin), ie Within Outlook,

>>Open>Personal Folders........browse to the file

>
> "Bagwash" ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:N7nyk.154$Fa6.97@newsfe25.ams2...

>> (Originally posted on microsoft.public.outlook.General but no responses
>> there)
>>
>> I've hit problems with my outlook.pst. Last week I traced the Inbox
>> Repair
>> Tool and successfully repaired it. A few days later it again showed error
>> messages
>> (Could not open the folders [for] email messages, etc) but now (and I've
>> tried several times) the Inbox Repair Tool itself reports an Error (at
>> stage
>> 4, or was it 5, of 8).
>>
>> I've created a new set of Personal Folders so am able to use Outlook
>> (2000),
>> but I'm desperate to access all my past emails, my tasks and contacts.
>> Some
>> I have as past backups; and the files are all there so I can try to
>> extract
>> the details, as text or whatever can be done.
>>
>> Suggestions very gratefully received
>>

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