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Does Windows 8 alter Outlook 2010 PST files??
Here is why I ask:
Under Windows 7
With Win 7, for months, I have be using Outlook 2010 with multiple small PST files . These are backed-up across many disks, and periodically recovered. All Good.
Under Windows 8
In January I got a new machine with Windows 8. All my PSTs were read fine and I was using Outlook 2010 without issue. Still all good.
Back to Windows 7
Then , this week, I decided to go back to Windows 7. Fresh install on a new drive. I re-installed Office 2010, and its read all my PST files EXECEPT for the 4 PST files that were briefly opened when I was using Windows 8.For those files only, I am getting the error below when trying to open those files. I tried to repair it with SCANPST, but it too does not recognize it as a PST file.
These PST files, as one can image , are important to me, but the backups are the same as the source in this case ... ie now not recognized by Outlook.
Thoughts??
Here is why I ask:
Under Windows 7
With Win 7, for months, I have be using Outlook 2010 with multiple small PST files . These are backed-up across many disks, and periodically recovered. All Good.
Under Windows 8
In January I got a new machine with Windows 8. All my PSTs were read fine and I was using Outlook 2010 without issue. Still all good.
Back to Windows 7
Then , this week, I decided to go back to Windows 7. Fresh install on a new drive. I re-installed Office 2010, and its read all my PST files EXECEPT for the 4 PST files that were briefly opened when I was using Windows 8.For those files only, I am getting the error below when trying to open those files. I tried to repair it with SCANPST, but it too does not recognize it as a PST file.
These PST files, as one can image , are important to me, but the backups are the same as the source in this case ... ie now not recognized by Outlook.
Thoughts??
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8