From: "Gary Britt" 

I've got a program that will convert an OST file to a non-password
protected PST file.  Its free.  It works on the file format for outlook
files in Outlook 2000 and probably through 2002.

Gary

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:433dade2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> I've found a couple of programs that proclaim their ability to either
repair
> and/or extract the data from PST files, including those that are over the
2
> gig file limit (one says files up to 4 gig in size).  One says you can
> either selectively extract specific "folders", or extract
the entire file,
> and it creates a folder structure with that mirrors that of the source
PST,
> and puts all the items as individual files within each folder.  Then it
says
> that you can use the same program to re-populate a new PST file.
>
> One is $125.00, and is shareware, unlicensed version will do up to 5 items
> per folder (not too useful other than as a proof of concept), and the
other
> is $249.00.
>
> Me thinks one of those might be a good tool to have around anyway.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
> news:433d80ac{at}w3.nls.net...
> > If you can open it in a newer version, you could in any case export to a
> > tab-delimiter (or some such) file and import back to the
"old" version,
> > even if the pst file itself is not compatible. Lots of work, yes, but
> > doable if all else fails.
> >
> >
> > Antti Kurenniemi
> >
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > news:433d6391$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> OK, based on that (32 bit vs 64 bit), would that over 2gig limit file
be
> >> openable with Office 2003?  Would I then be able to compact it/clean it
> >> up, and then when it's properly "shrunk" in size,
re-open it in Office
> >> XP, or does Office 2003 make a change to the file during it's
> >> opening/compacting that's not backward compatible?
> >>
> >> (Thinking out loud, in finding a machine with Office XP installed, and
> >> using that to repair the particular PST file).
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Glenn M.
> >
> >
>
>

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