i am trying to import a .pst file(outlook 2002 format) to personal folder
file in outlook 2007. i am following all the steps correctly, but only some
of the folders in the file are transferred. what am i doing wrong????? I am
following the instructions in Outlook Help in 'Convert a non-Unicode data
file (.pst) to a Unicode data file (.pst)' to the letter.

Kimmie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> i am trying to import a .pst file(outlook 2002 format) to personal
> folder file in outlook 2007. i am following all the steps correctly,
> but only some of the folders in the file are transferred. what am i
> doing wrong?????

Trying to import is what you're dong wrong. Never import when transferring
data Outlook-to-Outlook. Just open the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data
File. Then you can copy the data from the ANSI PST to a Unicode PST all you
want.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

it still does not work. all that is copied is what was in the Deleted Items
folder in the old file. the inbox folder is still empty, and i know that
there is data in there, because the entire file size is 300+MB, and the size
of the old Deleted Items folder is <75 MB. Why is it not copying the entire
..pst file?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Kimmie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > i am trying to import a .pst file(outlook 2002 format) to personal
> > folder file in outlook 2007. i am following all the steps correctly,
> > but only some of the folders in the file are transferred. what am i
> > doing wrong?????
>
> Trying to import is what you're dong wrong. Never import when transferring
> data Outlook-to-Outlook. Just open the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data
> File. Then you can copy the data from the ANSI PST to a Unicode PST all you
> want.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

OK, you have a new .PST file and you've opened the old .PST file with
'File|Open|Outlook Data File'. You should have both folder sets visible in
Folder view. You should be able to click the Inbox folder in the old .PST
and drag and drop it into the new .PST file. Is that not working?

Hal
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"Kimmie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:211BC8D0-1A9B-42DE-A56E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> it still does not work. all that is copied is what was in the Deleted
Items
> folder in the old file. the inbox folder is still empty, and i know that
> there is data in there, because the entire file size is 300+MB, and the
size
> of the old Deleted Items folder is <75 MB. Why is it not copying the
entire
> .pst file?
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
> > Kimmie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > > i am trying to import a .pst file(outlook 2002 format) to personal
> > > folder file in outlook 2007. i am following all the steps correctly,
> > > but only some of the folders in the file are transferred. what am i
> > > doing wrong?????
> >
> > Trying to import is what you're dong wrong. Never import when
transferring
> > data Outlook-to-Outlook. Just open the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data
> > File. Then you can copy the data from the ANSI PST to a Unicode PST all
you
> > want.
> > --
> > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
> >
> >

How did you copy from the old to the new PST file? The only way I know
is from inside Outlook, with both files open, using drag-and-drop (you
can use right-click drag-and-drop to select between Copy and Move).

Kimmie wrote:
> it still does not work. all that is copied is what was in the Deleted Items
> folder in the old file. the inbox folder is still empty, and i know that
> there is data in there, because the entire file size is 300+MB, and the size
> of the old Deleted Items folder is <75 MB. Why is it not copying the entire
> .pst file?
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
>> Kimmie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> i am trying to import a .pst file(outlook 2002 format) to personal
>>> folder file in outlook 2007. i am following all the steps correctly,
>>> but only some of the folders in the file are transferred. what am i
>>> doing wrong?????
>> Trying to import is what you're dong wrong. Never import when transferring
>> data Outlook-to-Outlook. Just open the PST with File>Open>Outlook Data
>> File. Then you can copy the data from the ANSI PST to a Unicode PST all you
>> want.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]