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Pst import hangs
I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst
file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Pst import hangs
This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data
files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Russ,
Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats.
You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Russ, Thanks again. I'll try that and let you known how it goes. Cheers Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats. You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Russ,
Just as an addendum to my last post. Before I open the pst in the way you suggest, what is the best way of ensuring that Outlook is "clean" from any previous failed imports. When I left it, it was limping and crashing after failing to import as described in my 1st post. Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats. You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Easiest thing to do is just create a new profile from scratch.
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Just as an addendum to my last post. Before I open the pst in the way you suggest, what is the best way of ensuring that Outlook is "clean" from any previous failed imports. When I left it, it was limping and crashing after failing to import as described in my 1st post. Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats. You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Will do. Thanks!
Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Easiest thing to do is just create a new profile from scratch. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Just as an addendum to my last post. Before I open the pst in the way you suggest, what is the best way of ensuring that Outlook is "clean" from any previous failed imports. When I left it, it was limping and crashing after failing to import as described in my 1st post. Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats. You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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Just to give a bit of feedback.....
Created new profile from CPanel/Mail after deleting existing one, which then takes you through mail setup and therefore creates new Personal Folders. Opened outlook and opened the pst I wanted. This all worked fine (and fast) except now there are two lots of Personal folders, with the mail delivery going to the wrong set. Back to Control Panel, redirected the mail to the new folder set, restarted Outlook..froze after a few mins. After an hour of recreating profiles and trying different ways, I found that the procedure tjhat worked was to start Outlook FIRST, then create the profile etc etc. Russ, it's been a great help and another step towards MS manhood! Thanks for your help Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Easiest thing to do is just create a new profile from scratch. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Just as an addendum to my last post. Before I open the pst in the way you suggest, what is the best way of ensuring that Outlook is "clean" from any previous failed imports. When I left it, it was limping and crashing after failing to import as described in my 1st post. Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Import and Export are to convert to or from other file formats. You can only open PST files in Outlook: File Open Outlook Data File. You can't open PST files in Windows Explorer. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for that. It begs the question as to why there is an import/export function built into Outlook, with relevant help sections dedicated to performing just such operations! When you say, just open it in Outlook, do you mean, don't start Outlook, but double click the pst, or some other way from within the program? Thanks Bob "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: This is a perfect recipe for corrupting profiles and corrupting Outlook data files. You might want to read this group, the KB or help files before you do things like this. Never export or import PST files. Just open them in Outlook. Never just drop a PST file into the default location because you will most likely overwrite another PST file. Get a backup of this file before you corrupted it and just open it in Outlook. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "windcaid" wrote in message ... I recently exported then successfully imported a large (half Gb) .pst file(Office 2K) from a crasheed computer to another. The client then bought a new laptop with Office 2003. I tried importing firstly by after setting up a profile so Outlook would open, by dropping the pst into the relevant folder. Everything loaded except the contacts hung . From then Outlook kept crashing. So I removed the pst file, and tried doing an import instead. Again, all loaded but it hung on the contacts until Outlook stopped responding. Ran scanpst on the file...still no good. Made a new exported pst, uninstalled and reinstalled Outlookm same problem, it hangs at the contacts transfer....they all seem to be imported, but either the program is unusable bacause it's so slow, or it crashes. Also tried removing 2003, and using 2000...same thing. Have tried different (earlier) versions of the same pst file...same. Would be very pleased to hear of any solutions offered. Cheers Bob |
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