HELP! Clean upgrade to WinXP - Outlook2000 can't import data!

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Ugh... a bit of a mess - kind of an emergancy thou

Story: Having problems with PC using Windows98se, many little
things... both hardware and software related. Reloaded Windows -
resolved hardware issues - but Win98 was apparently the software
problem.

Did a Clean install of WinXP Pro on computer, proceeded to move data
files onto the the main hard drive. Installed software (Office2000,
etc)

Problem: The original outlook PST files are NOT working correctly with
Outlook2000 under XP. The data is good (I have 3 backups of it).

When needed to replace a damage or transfer the outloo.pst file, it
was enough to simple COPY the file to to or over the C:/windows under
Windows98.


Fact: Original PST has 1250 contacts, 2years of (NEEDED) calander,
TO-DO List (about 40 items).

I replaced the NEW PST file that was made with the new WinXP/O2K, but
the results are useless.

I copied the ORG PST file to : Docs & settings/<name>/Local
Settigns/Application Data/Microsoftt/Outlook

Start Outlook2000, it doesnt see the PST file or
there is an ERROR about shortbuts... The contact list says there are
1285 (gained 40 - I guess these are deleted contacts), the Calander is
empty - execpt for 1 junk listing and the TASkS are also empty!!

ARRGHHHHHHH!!

On another user account (I using an accounts to play with this) - I
used the PocketPC which has the data... I synced the system and got
the 1250 contacts, the To-DO/Tasks lists and the calander... but the
Calander is INCOMPLETE! Its only goes into the PAST for 2 months
(default for a PocketPC unit) We're missing over a year of calander
data!

This appears to have worked well - other than the CALENDER...

In a BACKUP folder, I have copied pretty much every outlook file I can
find from the original Windows Setup...

I've tried IMPORTING - which is a pain, it either completely FAILS the
whole thing (usually) or only gets the CONTact LISTS Only, which is
now growing and growing - but no, nothing usable in the Calender.

COnsidering that Office2000 came out about the time of Windows2000
(which functions the same way as WindowsXP) - I would think that this
would be a NON issue

I only have so much hair remaing...

Please help, I've spent over 7 hours on this ONE THING! Searching on
websites (including support.microsoft) and such...
 
You dont make it clear, but when copyed yr pst, you did ensure that the read
only flag was off?
David
 
New developments... (I just posted) when I reloaded a ghost image onto
another drive... the missing DATA is on the older setup up... can't
fix what is already "problematic".

Here is what i'VE Just done... A thought hit me. With the OLD load
of Windows98 - perfect condition (just as screwed up as before hehe),
nothing was in the calender pretty much 1months into past.

Now, I had a thought... I turned BIOS Feb 2003.... and guess what?

Outlook2000 shows everything from there and into the present (have
confermed if the data is 100% accurate... I am sleepy please excuse
typing) but it includes Jan 03... but Dec02 and beyond... gone. Or
more accurately... not DISPLAYED.

So I gather this isn't really Errors, but some sort of Setting in
Outlook2000 that I am not seeing?

Going to bed.. get a few hours before I start the next day - its
going to be painful, but perhaps with a few hrs sleep, my head will
stop hurting. :(

Man, Im glad I kept these ghost files... :)

I usually make them once a month or so.
 
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