Thanks for your speedy reply
I followed these instructions from Microsoft Help...
How to make a backup copy of a .pst file
If you do not use Outlook with Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook stores all
its data in a .pst file. You can use the backup copy to restore your Outlook
data if the original .pst file is damaged or lost. This section explains how
to create a copy of your whole .pst file, with all the default items in the
file.
Follow these steps to back up the whole .pst file:
Close any messaging programs such as Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, or
Microsoft Windows Messaging.
Click Start, and then click Run. Copy and paste (or type) the following
command in the Open box, and then press ENTER:
control panel
Control Panel opens.
Note If you see the Pick a category screen, click User Accounts, and then go
to step 3.
Double-click the Mail icon.
Click Show Profiles.
Click the appropriate profile, and then click Properties.
Click Data Files.
Under Name, click the Personal Folders Service that you want to back up. By
default, this service is called Personal Folders. However, it may be named
something else.
Note If you have more than one Personal Folders Service in your profile, you
must back up each set of .pst files separately.
If there are no entries called Personal Folders and you have not yet stored
any information such as messages, contacts, or appointments in Outlook, you
probably have not yet enabled the Personal Folders Service. Go to the
"References" section for information about how to create a .pst file.
If you have no Personal Folders Services in your profile and you can store
information such as messages, contacts, or appointments in Outlook, your
information is probably being stored in a mailbox on an Exchange Server. Try
using the instructions in the "How to back up .pst file data that is located
on a Microsoft Exchange Server" section.
Click Settings, and then note the path and file name that appears.
Note Because the .pst file contains all data that is stored in the MAPI
folders that Outlook uses, the file can be very large. To reduce the size of
the .pst file, click Compact Now in the Settings window.
Close all the Properties windows.
Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to copy the file that you noted in step
8. You can copy the file to another location on the hard disk drive or to any
kind of removable storage media, such as a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, a portable
hard disk drive, a magnetic tape cassette, or any other storage device.
Use the instructions in the "How to make a backup copy of a .pst file"
section to copy the .pst file to a CD or DVD-ROM or other portable media, or
copy the file to another computer over a LAN/WAN link.
Note Connecting to .pst files over LAN/WAN links is not supported and
problems connecting to .pst files over such links can occur. See the
following article for more information:
297019 (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019/EN-US/ ) Personal folder
files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link
You might also want to create a new, secondary .pst file that is intended
for transferring data only. Save the data that you want to transfer in this
new .pst file and omit any data that you do not want to transfer. If you need
to make a secondary .pst file to store data for transfer between two
different computers, or for backup purposes, use the following steps:
On the File menu, point to New, and then click Outlook Data File.
Type a unique name for the new .pst file, for example, type Transfer.pst,
and then click OK.
Type a display name for the Personal Folders file, and then click OK.
Close Outlook.
Follow these steps to copy an existing .pst file:
Use the instructions in the "How to make a backup copy of a .pst file"
section to make a backup copy of the .pst file that you want to transfer.
Make sure that you copy the backup .pst file to a CD-ROM or other kind of
removable media.
Copy the backup .pst file from the removable media to the second computer.
Follow the steps in the "How to import .pst file data into Outlook" section
to import the .pst file data into Outlook on the second computer
Diane Poremsky said:
how did you import the calendar?
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Papa Greywolf said:
I have imported my old calendar (Outlook 2003) to my new computer. I now
want to delete the default calendar in Outlook 2003 on my new computer.
How
do I do it - please help!!
