How can i transfer my Old OST files to my New Emai?
Outlook, .PST files, .OST files
How can i transfer my Old OST files to my New Email, Can anybody say about free OSt to Pst converter? Question
Outlook, .PST files, .OST files
How can i transfer my Old OST files to my New Email, Can anybody say about free OSt to Pst converter? 
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ost2pst free but only for office 2002 and older
for 2003-2007 there is no free solution that I am aware of.
There is a way to resolve it if you have access to exchange:
1. Close Outlook
2. find the ost and make a backup copy
3. From "Mail" in the "Control Panel" - re add your exchange server account make sure you tick the "Cached Exchange mode" box.
4. Open outlook - it should connect you to your Exchange account (but this doesn't have all my mail in - see above) - it'll go through and make you a fresh copy of the ost.
5. Once it's done this - Choose "Work offline" from the file menu - to be safe I also physically disconnected the machine from the network.
6. Close Outlook
7. Replace the newly created .ost with the original one. They have to have the same name - and maybe the same Exchange user account.
8. Open Outlook - make sure you're still "Working Offline" - you should now have your "Personal Folder" (pst) open and your working offline "Exchange Mailbox" (ost) open. - you can then copy folders / contents of folders from one to the other (from ost to pst).
Calendar & Contact items - it can be difficult to select all of these - so change the "View" to "by Category" - you'll then be able to "Select All" (Ctrl + A) - and then drag / drop them to where you want.
Also here is another method that I haven't tested but give it a try:
1. Backup ost file(s)
2. Rename outlook.ost to outlook.pst
3. Use scanpst.exe from Outlook 2002 (in C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033) to repair outlook.pst
(You can always copy scanpst.exe from an alternative installation, include MAPI32.DLL and GAPI32.DLL)
4. Rename outlook.pst back to outlook.ost
5. Run OST2PST which will then convert the file successfully to outlook.pst
6. Outlook can then open the outlook.pst file
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Jirvine 
520 pts. | Apr 17 2008 1:42PM GMT
You can also select Import/Export from your file menu inside Outlook. Export to a PST file and save it to your computer in a location you can easily find. Next, setup your new email account and make sure it’s working. Select Import/Export again and this time, Import from a PST file. Use the file you exported to and it should import everything into the new email account.
This also works if you are changing from one Exchange account to another, export to PST, setup new exchange and import it back. I do this often at the company I work for.
Zlatan24 10 pts. | Jun 8 2008 7:35AM GMT
For work with Outlook files,use next application-<a href="http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/ost_to_pst_converter.html”>ost converter</a>,
was developed to effectively convert your mailbox from *.ost to *.pst format,allows to process either undamaged files or corrupted ones,you can face a necessity to convert *.ost file, stored on your PC, to a *.pst file in many cases,please note, that *.ost file is a complex object, its size may exceed several gigabytes and it is stored in encrypted format. In this case, it is also possible, that *.ost file becomes corrupted due to viruses, HDD damage or any other hostile actions.
