Thankyou, I will try it and let you know how it goes. With the time I've
spent on this, I could have manually rebuilt my calendar, 4 contact folders,
and copied my correspondence off into text files!
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> What "backup Wizard" did you use?
> Microsoft's instructions on this process are not correct. You should not
> move your data file to Outlook's default folder.
> All you need to do is make a copy of your Outlook data file using Windows
> Explorer (avoid using anything process with the word "Wizard"), place that
> file on your new hard drive in any location but Outlook's default folder
> (like where you store your other data), then open the file in your new
> Outlook installation using the File > Open > Outlook data file command.
> 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
>
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Crausch" <Crausch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:44BF7219-047B-4FF2-9664-5E8634854590@microsoft.com...
> > Let's start by saying I'm not a techie, and I work out of my home, so
> > please
> > explain things SIMPLY to me, because I've got no one to ask. I have been
> > working for two Days to figure out how to move my outlook mail files,
> > contacts and calendar from my old XP, Office 2003 computer to my new
> > Vista,
> > Office 2007 computer . The Microsoft help page says to backup your
> > outlook.pst files to an external device, and then use Explorer to move
> > them
> > to drive:\Documents and settings\<user>\Local
> > Settings\application\Microsoft\Outlook folder. However when I used the
> > backup wizard to put the files on my external hard drive, it would not let
> > me
> > open the Outlook folder on my XP computer, so I backed up the whole
> > Outlook
> > folder. But I can't open my backup copy to get just the .pst file to
> > move
> > it to the Outook folder on my Vista computer. So I figure I need to
> > restore
> > the old Outlook folder onto my external drive and plug it into my new Visa
> > computer so I can open the folder on my new computer, and move just the
> > .pst
> > file to the Outlook folder on the new Vista computer. Is this a good
> > assumption or is there a better way? Thank you for any help you can give
> > me.
>
>