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Move Outlook to New Disk (after crash)
I am running WXP SP3 and Office 2007 SP2. I had to replace my hard drive
today. I backed everything in my "Documents and Settings" folder on my old hard drive to a portable drive. Now, I am back up and running, but I need to know how to move all of my Outlook information (emails, calendar, contactss, etc.) to the new disk and still maintain all the rules I made up over the years as well as all the caledar color-coding, etc. Can you help me here? |
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Move Outlook to New Disk (after crash)
The file you need is not normally included in Documents and Settings. Let's
hope you put it there. 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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx Note that some of the information on these pages is outdated and no longer applies to Outlook 2003 or 2007.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 only corrupts your profile. Copy it anywhere BUT the default location and 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 now to be of any use whatsoever. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Kit Marty (CHM Consulting)" wrote in message ... I am running WXP SP3 and Office 2007 SP2. I had to replace my hard drive today. I backed everything in my "Documents and Settings" folder on my old hard drive to a portable drive. Now, I am back up and running, but I need to know how to move all of my Outlook information (emails, calendar, contactss, etc.) to the new disk and still maintain all the rules I made up over the years as well as all the caledar color-coding, etc. Can you help me here? |
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