VERY long story short...
My machine's motherboard got messed up. I bought a new
machine, installed Office XP Small Biz, then slaved my
original hard drive in the new box. However, I can't
seem to get Outlook to recognize/find my old inbox. What
files should I be looking for or how can I do this?
Unfortunately, I didn't regularly archive my
inbox/personal folder structures, so there's no .pst
files on the old drive. They have to be there somewhere,
though, right??? I can't ever seem to find anything that
makes sense in MS Knowledgebase - can anyone direct me
pls?

Thx!!

The normal search for PST files with XP might not show them. Try using the
advanced options.

--
Bob Cerelli
http://www.onecomputerguy.com

"Frazzled" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:134ec01c44399$40708630$(E-Mail Removed)...
> VERY long story short...
> My machine's motherboard got messed up. I bought a new
> machine, installed Office XP Small Biz, then slaved my
> original hard drive in the new box. However, I can't
> seem to get Outlook to recognize/find my old inbox. What
> files should I be looking for or how can I do this?
> Unfortunately, I didn't regularly archive my
> inbox/personal folder structures, so there's no .pst
> files on the old drive. They have to be there somewhere,
> though, right??? I can't ever seem to find anything that
> makes sense in MS Knowledgebase - can anyone direct me
> pls?
>
> Thx!!

Frazzled <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> VERY long story short...
> My machine's motherboard got messed up. I bought a new
> machine, installed Office XP Small Biz, then slaved my
> original hard drive in the new box. However, I can't
> seem to get Outlook to recognize/find my old inbox. What
> files should I be looking for or how can I do this?

For Windows 2000 and XP, Outlook's files are stored in hidden folders.
Enable showing hidden files and folders and search the old HD for *.pst.
Also, see http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm for information on all
the files Outlook uses and how to move them from one PC to another.
--
Brian Tillman