Migrate Outlook 2003 from XP PC to new Vista computer

Hi Robert,

I received a response from ABF-OutlookBackup and included it in this reply.
The current version of Outlook Backup Version 3.1.9 Build 59 does not
support Microsoft Exchange Server mail accounts.

As far as I understood you have two profiles - one with POP3 accounts only
and second with POP3 and Exchange server accounts. Am I correct?
And that is the problem. The current version of ABF Outlook Backup doesn't
work with Exchange server data and it just skips profiles which contain
Exchange server accounts (even if POP3 accounts are in these profiles also).
Thus, your Exchange server accounts won't be backed up&restored with ABF
Outlook Backup. If you want to backup POP3 accounts from this second profile,
you should move them to another profile - to the first one or to a new.
Best regards.
Natalia Guskova,
ABF software, Inc.

I am currently seeking a refund from ABF.
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Thanks,
Tim


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Backing up routinely or migrating to another computer are similar situations
and both covered in the guide I pointed out to you.

You indeed need to configure Outlook with all your mail profiles and account
first before you can open your pst-files.

Never ever overwrite an pst-file to get it opened in Outlook.

Pst-files do not contain mail profile or account settings.

The ost-file is the cache file of your Exchange account; you do not need to
migrate this file.

What's in which pst-file is entirely up to you. The first pst-file that is
being created by Outlook is usually called Outlook.pst and if you created an
archive, then there is Archive.pst, but all additional ones are ones you've
created yourself.

The pab-file is file format where previous versions of Outlook stored the
contacts in. You've probably already migrated those to your Contacts folder
a long time ago.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"TCS" wrote in message
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Thanks Roady,

My primary concern is not routine backup and restore, but to transfer my
existing profiles and emails to a new PC running Outlook 2003 on Vista
Home
(32 bit). I am coming off of an old laptop rinning Outlook 2003 on XP-Pro
SP3.

Do I need to set up the email accounts before I open the copied .pst(s)
file?
In my local settings folder I have the following pst files:
outlook.pst
mailbox.pst
Personal Folders.pst

I believe, maybe incorrectly, that the outlook.pst file contains the TCSIC
profile, the mailbox.pst file contains the TCS profile and the Personal
Folders.pst file contains the extra (duplicate) folders.

Does the outlook.pst file contain all profiles?
Does the outlook.pst file contain my MS Exchange Server email account?
What is contained in the mailbox.pst file?
What is contained in the mailbox.PAB file?


Note that my Exchange Server email is maintained on my local machine.

I also have a recently added file "outlook.ost", the timing of the
appearance of this file leads me to believe this is associated with my
recently established Exchange Server email account.
What is contained in the outlook.ost file?
Do I need to copy the outlook.ost file?

Can I just copy the outlook.pst and mailbox.pst then open the new outlook
using the outlook.pst file?

Will these two files bring along my MS Exchange Server email account,
TCSIC
POP3 account, TCS POP3 account in addition to all other Outlook
objects/data?

If I do not copy the Personal Folder.pst file will the duplicate folders
go
away?
Will I lose any objects/data if I do not copy the Personal Folders.pst
file?
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Thanks,
Tim


"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

That's not the way that you should backup and restore Outlook.
There is no need to use the export function at all; simply copy over your
pst-file and reconnect them to Outlook after you have configured your
mail
profile on the new machine. To reconnect a pst-file use;
File- Open- Outlook Data File...

For more information about how to backup and restore Outlook see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

If you want to backup your Outlook settings, profile configuration and
data
all at once and easily restore them on your new machine, then you could
use
a special Outlook backup utility such as;
http://addins.howto-outlook.com/abf_outlookbackup
If you decide to order use ABF-1HTJ8 to get a discount.

Other backup utilities are listed here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/tag/backup
Make sure that they support backing up the mail profile and restoring it
to
another version of Windows and/or Outlook. I know the one from ABF does
that.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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"TCS" wrote in message
news I am migrating my outlook profiles to a new computer.
My current laptop is running Win XP-Pro SP3 with Outlook 2003
I have two profiles
Profile 1 is “TCSIC� and uses both a POP3 email account and an exchange
server and bringing my server email to my local machine. I do not use
any
other features of the server Outlook.
Profile 1 has 3 data files listed,
Personal Folders - “Personal Folders(1).pst�
TCSIC Folders – “outlook.pst� (Mail Delivery)

Profile 2 is “Tims� and uses one POP3 email account.
Profile 2 has 3 data files listed,
Personal Folders - “Personal Folders(1).pst�
Tim’s Folders - “mailbox.pst�
Tim’s Folders – “mailbox.pst� (Mail Delivery)

I have installed Office 2003 on my new laptop which is running
WinVistaHomeBasic SP2. I have installed all updates for Vista and
Outlook
2003.

I have exported from Profile 1 TCSIC Folders including sub-folders and
the
folders created when I set up the Exchange server email account. This
created
two back up files, “backup.pst� and 3Ybackup.pst�

I have also exported from Profile 2 Tim’s Folders including
sub-folders.
This created two back up files, “TCSbackup.pst�

1) What is the best way to install the existing profiles into the new
Outlook program?
2) If I simply restore the folders, will the folders be installed into
the
proper profiles?
3) If I restore the “backup.pst� file for the TCSIC profile, will both
email
accounts be correctly installed?
4) Do I need to restore the “Personal Folders(1).pst?
5) If I restore just the two files, “outlook.pst� and “mailbox.pst�
will
all
components of my two profiles be restored and will Outlook give me the
selection of profiles when I start Outlook?

Thanks,
Tim

Thanks very much for your help. It seems everything went well.
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Thanks,
Tim


"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

"TCS" wrote in message
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So you would use "Method 2" (Manual) described in the reference
"http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ansi-to-unicode.asp"?

In fact, I did use that method when I migrated from Outlook 2000 to Outlook
2003.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"TCS" wrote in message
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Thanks very much for your help. It seems everything went well.

You're welcome.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]