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Outlook PST file reduces to 32KB
Name: AFCChris Date: August 9, 2004 at 05:46:10 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: Athlon 2400, 256MB RAM
Comment:
I have exported mail and personal folders in Outlook to a .PST file on my main PC. When I try and import it to my laptop it doesn't work and the PST file reduces in size from 41.2 MB to 32KB for some reason???
I was backing up my wife's mail to recreate it on the laptop and I have already done this with my mail folder with no problem. I have backed up the mail again and tried importing once more but the same happens. I can't believe the attributes of the file can be changed so drastically
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