migrate outlook from old hard drive

[Guest]

Hi,
I just changed hard drives on my laptop but I forgot to export my info from
Outlook. Is it possible to copy/paste a file(s) from my old hard drive to get
back all my contacts and calendar?

I use Outlook 2007, XP Pro SP2

 

[Gordon]

Hi,
I just changed hard drives on my laptop but I forgot to export my info
from
Outlook. Is it possible to copy/paste a file(s) from my old hard drive to
get
back all my contacts and calendar?

I use Outlook 2007, XP Pro SP2

Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

As to the answer, buy a USB drive case for your old drive, install it and
connect to your laptop. Search for *.pst. Copy it to your new HDD. DO NOT
OVERWRITE THE EXISTING PST FILE. In Outlook do File-Open-Outlook Data File
and browse to your copied file. You then have two options - either set that
pst file as the default mail delivery location, or copy the data from that
file to your new file.

HTH

 

[Guest]

I tried this route and it worked just fine, but I now have two sets of
calendars and email inboxes/etc. onboard at the same time.

For example, under My Calendars, there's a box for Calendar and 2nd box for
Calendar in Personal Folder.

Checking both gives me two side-by-calendars, one in white background, the
older one in green.

The "new" calendar is empty btw -- I'm recovering from a hard drive mishap
and data rescue that worked: it's reading the old .pst file just fine, it
seems.

Also, all accumulated emails received since the crash are stored separately
on my server, so I think they'd make into Outlook somehow.

Is there a way to consolidate them into one? Or, is this perhaps a
situation where overwriting the current empty "new" .pst file with the
recovered one is a good idea?

Hi,
I just changed hard drives on my laptop but I forgot to export my info
from
Outlook. Is it possible to copy/paste a file(s) from my old hard drive to
get
back all my contacts and calendar?

I use Outlook 2007, XP Pro SP2

Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data.
Why?
(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

As to the answer, buy a USB drive case for your old drive, install it and
connect to your laptop. Search for *.pst. Copy it to your new HDD. DO NOT
OVERWRITE THE EXISTING PST FILE. In Outlook do File-Open-Outlook Data File
and browse to your copied file. You then have two options - either set that
pst file as the default mail delivery location, or copy the data from that
file to your new file.

HTH