Outlook can create PST files, not just Outlook Express.


"Stinger" <Stinger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There is no such file in Vista. Vista has Microsoft Mail, NOT Outlook
> Express, so no such .pst file. I have Knoppix.
>
> "Paul-B" wrote:
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>> Stinger wrote:
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>> > My 30 day trial is up and I am unable to use Vista RTM, so backing up
>> > the emiail is out of the question. I bought an OEM copy of Vista this
>> > morning from Newegg.com. I suppose it won't ship till the 30th but
>> > them I will prolly do a fresh install. I thought I could just get it
>> > activated online, but am afraid it's too late for it.
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>> Depends how desperate you are, but you can download a copy of Knoppix
>> from [url]http://www.knoppix.org/[/url], burn it onto a cd and boot from the CD,
>> then find the outlook.pst file from your hard drive (Knoppix has
>> ntfs-3g so can read and write ntfs partitions) and save it onto a usb
>> memory stick.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul-B
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