.... and I cannot find a .PST file! From what I read, if I want to copy
my mail from one hard drive to another, I just need to copy that file,
but I do a search for it and nothing turns up! I'm sure that I'm not
hiding system files in Windows Explorer. And I put the old drive back
in the PC to be sure my mail was still there, and it is. Is there
another file that Outlook 2003 uses besides a .PST? ( I don't need my
contacts or calendar, those are on my Palm Pilot and I can do a sync to
get those back). Any ideas? I'm bewildered!

Unless you are running against Exchange Server, you must have a PST file.
You are not searching correctly. Why don't you just look at its properties
when Outlook is open to see its name and location?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> ... and I cannot find a .PST file! From what I read, if I want to copy
> my mail from one hard drive to another, I just need to copy that file,
> but I do a search for it and nothing turns up! I'm sure that I'm not
> hiding system files in Windows Explorer. And I put the old drive back
> in the PC to be sure my mail was still there, and it is. Is there
> another file that Outlook 2003 uses besides a .PST? ( I don't need my
> contacts or calendar, those are on my Palm Pilot and I can do a sync to
> get those back). Any ideas? I'm bewildered!
>

(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> ... and I cannot find a .PST file! From what I read, if I want to copy
> my mail from one hard drive to another, I just need to copy that file,
> but I do a search for it and nothing turns up!

You must enable viewing hidden files and folders. The PST is, by default,
in
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook .

> I'm sure that I'm not
> hiding system files in Windows Explorer.

The PST is not a system file so enabling viewing system files won't change
anything.
--
Brian Tillman

That did it. Thank you all!

Brian Tillman wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > ... and I cannot find a .PST file! From what I read, if I want to copy
> > my mail from one hard drive to another, I just need to copy that file,
> > but I do a search for it and nothing turns up!
>
> You must enable viewing hidden files and folders. The PST is, by default,
> in
> %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook .
>
> > I'm sure that I'm not
> > hiding system files in Windows Explorer.
>
> The PST is not a system file so enabling viewing system files won't change
> anything.
> --
> Brian Tillman