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retreiving old emails, contact, etc
my computer crashed and outlook 2003 was reinstalled. will someone please offer help on how I can get my old emails and contacts? I really do not understand the process. software is costly -- barbaram http://forums.slipstick.com |
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retreiving old emails, contact, etc
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The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored. Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer: http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx Note that some of the information on the Microsoft page is outdated and contains errors, particularly when applied to Outlook 2003 or 2007. Specifically: 1. Ignore any advice to copy your PST file to Outlook's default location to connect it to your profile. Doing so will often corrupt your Outlook profile. Copy it anywhere BUT the default location and then open it within your Outlook profile. 2. Ignore any advice that tells you to use export or import to transfer Outlook data. That has never been sound advice, but the process has become too deeply flawed to be of any use. -- Russ Valentine "barbaram" barbaram.48s2ff@invalid wrote in message news:barbaram.48s2ff@invalid... my computer crashed and outlook 2003 was reinstalled. will someone please offer help on how I can get my old emails and contacts? I really do not understand the process. software is costly -- barbaram http://forums.slipstick.com |
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