Post #55,344
10/7/02 7:26:17 PM
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Arrrgghhh bit by Outlook PST file bug again!
Reformatted, reinstalled, and just put Outlook back in. Same version as I had before, same install CD. Backed up my PST file to a CDR disk, copied it to the C drive, removed the read-only flag on it, but Outlook refuses to read it! "Properties for This Information Service Must Be Defined Prior to Use" "The file normans.pst is not a Personal Folders file" yells the paperclip! Goodbye old mail and contacts, etc! I should have exported it to a text file and then backed that up instead of the PST file.
[link|http://www.all-windows.com/outlook_faq.html|Outlook FAQs] say that it just needs to have the read-only flag taken off of it, which I already did! [link|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q258468&|Even Microsoft says so] yet it is on my C drive, read-only attribute turned off and I still get that error!
This has happened to me before, but I was too tired to think of exporting it to a CSV file or something. Any PST Repair programs out there that can fix it? Otherwise I lost all my email contacts, old email messages, etc again! :(
I was hoping that I can import it into another email program at home. But no such luck, everything uses Outlook to convert PST files and if Outlook cannot read it, I am screwed!
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Post #55,349
10/7/02 7:36:22 PM
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try to import it into another, blank defined pst.
You *have* used scanpst.exe, right? You have applied appropriate service packs to your installation, right?
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Post #55,357
10/7/02 7:51:38 PM
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Yes and yes
[link|http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.htm|You mean this one] and and tools associated on that same page? The other two tools point to missing web pages, and the third link is to a recovery service that charges to recover the data. The utility found on the Office CD at [link|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q272227&|DRIVELetter:\\PFILES\\COMMON\\SYSTEM\\MAPI\\1033\\95 named scanpst.exe] was run. Windows 98, Outlook 2000 SP2. All service packs have been installed. Same software versions as before the reformat, except that the file or hard drive may have been damaged before the format?
I tried importing to a blank PST, same error. The file that scanpst.exe makes is blank, the normans.bak is still full of data.
I am about to go and get my old DOS based util, hstrip, if a copy of it is still floating around on the Internet somewhere. Filter out all the Non-ASCII stuff and leave the ASCII text behind. Maybe I can copy and paste the remains into the new email program?
I want so much to kick the Outlook habit!
[link|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]
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Post #55,359
10/7/02 7:54:39 PM
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Output log from scanpst.exe
In case you don't believe me, here is the output log:
Microsoft (R) Inbox Repair Tool
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1995-1996. All rights reserved.
**Beginning NDB recovery
**Attempting to open database
**Attempting to validate header
!!Header NDB magic incorrect (read=00000000, expected=4E444221)
**Attempting to validate AMap
!!PMap page @17920: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @17920: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 4600)
!!PMap page @2049536: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @2049536: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1F4600)
!!PMap page @4081152: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @4081152: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 3E4600)
!!PMap page @6112768: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @6112768: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 5D4600)
!!PMap page @8144384: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @8144384: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 7C4600)
!!PMap page @10176000: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @10176000: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 9B4600)
!!PMap page @12207616: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @12207616: BID mismatch (read 0, expected BA4600)
!!PMap page @14239232: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @14239232: BID mismatch (read 0, expected D94600)
!!PMap page @16270848: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @16270848: BID mismatch (read 0, expected F84600)
!!PMap page @18302464: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @18302464: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1174600)
!!PMap page @20334080: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @20334080: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1364600)
!!PMap page @22365696: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @22365696: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1554600)
!!PMap page @24397312: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @24397312: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1744600)
!!PMap page @26428928: PTYPE mismatch (read 00, expected 83)
!!PMap page @26428928: BID mismatch (read 0, expected 1934600)
**Attempting to rebuild BBT
**Attempting to scavenge for blocks
**Attempting to rebuild NBT
**Attempting to scavenge for nodes
**Attempting to validate BBT refcounts
**Attempting to validate header NID high-water marks
**Beginning PST/OST recovery
**Attempting to recover all top-level objects
!!Message store missing PR_PST_PASSWORD
!!Message store missing or invalid PR_RECORD_KEY
!!Message store missing PR_DISPLAY_NAME
!!Message store missing PR_IPM_SUBTREE_ENTRYID
!!Receive folder table missing
!!Receive folder table missing default message class
!!Name-to-id map missing
!!Search folder (nid=1E1) missing update queue
!!Search activity list missing
!!Missing template (nid=60D)
!!Missing template (nid=60E)
!!Missing template (nid=60F)
!!Missing template (nid=610)
!!Missing template (nid=692)
!!Missing template (nid=671)
!!Missing the outgoing queue
!!Missing root folder
!!Missing IPM_SUBTREE
**Attempting to walk all folders
**Attempting to locate any orphaned folders/messages
!!Adding folder (nid=8022) back to the database
**Attempting to check top-level objects for consistency
??Deleting SDO
**Updating folder hierarchy
**Attempting to fix original file
**Attempting to copy back BBT
**Attempting to copy back NBT
[link|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]
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Post #55,690
10/9/02 6:41:02 AM
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Could it be possible that a service pack
was added between the time that I had reformatted and reinstalled? I usually keep current with all service packs for security reasons.
Office Update says "There are no updates available for download. Your Office products are up-to-date!"
Another is that I didn't install Norton AntiVirus yet, would that prevent me from reading the PST file? Is there some sort of protection that NAV adds to the PST files?
Keep in mind that this is a new install of Windows 98. I tried XP Pro but got registry errors and suspect that my hard drive was in a state that it needed a reformat. I was trying to test something out on XP pro on my system because my brother's system was having problems. I traced my brother's problems to a bad memory chip or motherboard issue. I won't know which until I can use a different motherboard from one of my spare systems. A new set of DIMMs seemed to make the problem go away, and then the next day it came back. But the only problem that my system has is apparently reading my PST file that I backed up. It is only 26M in size, nowhere near that 2G limit. I would like to at least get my contact info from it, so I don't lose phone numbers, email addresses, etc.
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Post #55,707
10/9/02 8:16:54 AM
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No.
Sounds like the .PST file is trashed.
Seriously.
Peter
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Post #55,855
10/9/02 8:52:49 PM
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Second time this has happened
seriously. Anyone who cares send an email to nking at telocity.com and I'll add you to my new address book. Once I get Mozilla Mail configured. Goodbye Outlook, I'll use it for work, but for home I'll use something else.
[link|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]
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Post #55,879
10/9/02 10:18:20 PM
10/9/02 10:19:35 PM
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I use squirrelmail almost all the time, now.
Of course, I run my own server (if you're using telocity DSL, you can too, no?). It's a [link|http://www.squirrelmail.org/|php webmail][link|http://www.squirrelmail.org/|*] package with some cool plugins, optional (and easy to write) themes, plugins, etc.
* non-targeted links
Imric's Tips for Living- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Edited by imric
Oct. 9, 2002, 10:19:35 PM EDT
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Post #55,895
10/9/02 11:59:13 PM
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OT your sig
I have come to the conclusion that when you believe everyone is out to get you, you simply have a healthy outlook. When you beleive they are working in concert, that's when you are paranoid.
(Can't remember whom to credit)
"A civilian gang of thieving lobbyists for the military industrial complex is running the White House. If to be against them is considered unpatriotic -- Hell, then call me a traitor."
-- Hunter S. Thompson
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Post #55,948
10/10/02 8:28:45 AM
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I remember that modification, too - and I can't remember,
either - it must be the mind control rays from the Major League Baseball satellite...
Imric's Tips for Living- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Post #55,938
10/10/02 7:48:10 AM
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Yes I did have one up
but I had reformatted my server and haven't had time to reinstall everything yet.
I renewed my domain name, and will host it on my Telocity system soon.
Any suggestions for good Windows based POP3/SMTP mail servers? Obviously I don't want to run Exchange Server, but some freeware or open sourced mail server. One that won't allow the spammers to take advantage of, one that I can set authorization on so that only people I give a password to can use it.
[link|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]
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