backup.pst not recognized as valid in Outlook

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1.Pst Backup not showing available pst's to backup

Hi all. I am using Outlook 2003 sp2 with the pst backup tool. I have it 
installed but when I choose backup & options, the box under "backup files" is 
blank. It says "no personal folder files are currently open". I have two 
.pst's open, they are my archive pst and then the one I use all the time. 
What do I need to do to get them to show up in the list?

I have used this before and have noticed that sometimes it works fine and 
sometimes it doesn't. It just seems hit or miss as to if it picks up my 
.pst's or not.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

2.Outlook.pst is not a valid .pst file

hi.
i had been using outlook 2003 for some time now and my .PST file was of 
around 2.6 GB. i had copied the PST file on a dvd for backup.. 
now when i try to open the file on a new machine through Data File 
Management, the Outlook gives error F:\Outlook.pst is not a Personal Folder 
File
(f: is a partition in my Hard disk drive)

3.BCM contact open error "string was not recognized as a valid b

Sat,
I cannot open or even right click the disfunctional contact in BCM. The 
contact happens to be me (?!) I do have a copy of the contact I had copied to 
the regular contacts folder that works ok. The BCM copy used to work fine. I 
did integrate BCM with Accounting 2008 and this is one of the few contacts 
that would be affected. I suspect this is the problem. 

I could just delete the BCM contact and copy in the regular contact, but I 
am concerned that there may be a systematic problem that affects other 
contacts or will recur. What do you recommend?

"Sat" wrote:

> Hi Leland G. Hoover,
> 
> What are the fields which were set in this contact?  
> Can you please try comparing the contact form which works, and see if this 
> error is caused by setting some field with an improper value.
> 
> -Sat
> 
> "Leland G. Hoover" wrote:
> 
> > Outlook 2007 BCM fails to open one specific contact with the error "string 
> > was not recognized as a valid boolean." This contact has worked properly 
> > before. Other contacts open fine, although I have not tried every contact. 
> > Everything else appears normal. I ran the database defrag/error check and 
> > received no complaints, but nothing was repaired. How do I repair this (and 
> > possibly other) contacts?
> > 
> >   -  Leland

4.BCM contact open error "string was not recognized as a valid boole

Outlook 2007 BCM fails to open one specific contact with the error "string 
was not recognized as a valid boolean." This contact has worked properly 
before. Other contacts open fine, although I have not tried every contact. 
Everything else appears normal. I ran the database defrag/error check and 
received no complaints, but nothing was repaired. How do I repair this (and 
possibly other) contacts?

  -  Leland

5..pst File not valid pst file

I am using outlook 2003 SP3 out of the Office Professional Edition 2003 
German Edition.
Outlook worked fine and suddenly after starting Outlook as usual I got the 
message: "The  file xxx.pst ist not a personal folder file (.pst)" 
it is independent if I try to open this file as the personal folder file of 
a defined profile or as an aditional folder file in a working profile. This 
message appears at all attempts.
Scanpst.exe reports that it is not able to see that this ist a .pst file. 
Is there any way to recover the data stored in this .pst file?

Thanks for any assistance
Regards
Bernd

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