How do I copy the Outlook Contacts file?

Hi, Gordon. I brought my laptop to work today, and for some inexplicable
reason, the laptop can now read the CD. However, after locating the
Outlook.pst file in the folder at {C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook} and trying to copy the file from
the CD to the folder, I got an error message:

Cannot copy Outlook: Data Error (cyclic reduncancy check)

What does this mean and how do I overcome it?

"Rashied" wrote:

I thought that was already a part of its process, but I'll try redoing it and
see if that makes a difference. I'll let you know the outcome. Thanks for
trying to help me, Gordon; much appreciated. I'll be in touch.

"Gordon" wrote:

Did you finalize the CD when you burned it on the other machine?

O.k., Gordon; I ran chkdsk which determined that my Outlook.pst (the one I
saved on the CD) is corrupted. Before I'd run chkdsk on it, and tried to
copy it to the Outlook folder it would have eventually resided in, I noted
after the first time that the first Outlook.pst file (the one I was trying to
replace) was no longer there. A search for the file did not discover its
whereabouts, but I continue to get the cyclic redundancy error.

MS says I should use the Inbox Repair Tool to recover the folders from the
corrupted Outlook.pst, so I ran the utility. It told me that the file I have
on the CD is read-only and cannot be repaired.

I'm going to try copying the Outlook.pst file I saved to my wife's desktop
to a new CD, then try the operation again. I'll let you know how I fare.

"Gordon" wrote:

Did you finalize the CD when you burned it on the other machine?

"Rashied" wrote in message
...

MS says I should use the Inbox Repair Tool to recover the folders from the
corrupted Outlook.pst, so I ran the utility. It told me that the file I
have
on the CD is read-only and cannot be repaired.

You can't run Scanpst on a pst file on a CD. You will have to cop it to your
HDD to use that function.

"Gordon" wrote:

You can't run Scanpst on a pst file on a CD. You will have to cop it to your
HDD to use that function.

Hi, Gordon. Well, I managed to get hold of my old HDD, so I found the old
..pst from it and copy it to my new HDD, so that part's resolved and
eliminates having ot use the CD copy of my wife's copy of the original.
However, I now have my old messages, up to May '07, which was the last time I
used Outlook on the old HDD.

I can live with that, I guess.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to associate the contacts in that .pst with
the new address book, because when I click on the Address Book button, it
doesn't show me the contacts, but instead says:

"The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder associated
with this list could not be opened; it may have been moved or deleted, or you
may not have permissions. For information on how to remove this folder from
the Outlook Address Book, see Microsoft Outlook Help". I'll be trying that,
but any further help you can be will still be very much appreciated.

Hi, Gordon,

I said:

Now I'm trying to figure out how to associate the contacts in that .pst with
the new address book, because when I click on the Address Book button, it
doesn't show me the contacts [...]

I had hell trying to figure out some of the instructions, but finally (and
thanks to a response from Russ on 5/24/06 to someone else with the same
question, I at least knew where to go and do my fiddling. I'm back on
Outlook track now; thanks for taking the time to help me.

Rashied wrote:
Hi, Gordon,

I said:

Now I'm trying to figure out how to associate the contacts in that .pst with
the new address book, because when I click on the Address Book button, it
doesn't show me the contacts [...]

I had hell trying to figure out some of the instructions, but finally (and
thanks to a response from Russ on 5/24/06 to someone else with the same
question, I at least knew where to go and do my fiddling. I'm back on
Outlook track now; thanks for taking the time to help me.

You're welcome.