how do i see what is inside of my .pst outlook files?

[Guest]

i am not able to understand how .pst backup files work.

i am not able to see what data is kept in my .pst files.

i have no idea how to restore data from my .pst files from an ms full backup
on an external hard drive to a new hard drive.

i do not want to code anything to do the above, and i did not underestand
what OL and OI were anyway.\

how to i get my address book back from my external hard drive in order to
put it into the same office 2003 program, i.e., outlook.

thanks a lot for layman's terminology

 

[DL]

The data in a pst file is what you see in OL
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm a site with plenty
of OL info

Address book - depends what address book you are refering to

 

[limeybiker]

Export your contacts file to a comma separated file.

Open with Excel.

Ride safe

Barry

 

[Guest]

dear limey, i know what a comma delineated file is, and what it looks like in
excel. however, i am unable to locate data stored inside of my ms-backed up
..pst outlook 2003 files, i have no idea how to even see it.

i think i have lost my contact database which i do think would have been
backed up when i prepared to get another hard drive. this would be the .pst
file for outlook 2003 contacts. do you know if it would have been backed up
when i performed the ms full backup? if so, how can i retrieve it from the
external hard drive backup and then put it onto this new hard drive?

else, i don't know how to find other data, such as email, notes, calendar
items, etc., that i have used in the past on my old hard drive and are most
likely (if i performed the ms-full backup the right way) on that external
hard drive.

i want to restore all of the information contained in my old outlook 2003
..pst files that i think are within file(s) on my external hard drive.

i am very confused about knowing even what program to use to open the
variety of .pst files that i wish to restore to this hard drive.

thank you kindly, karen/igora

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm


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After furious head scratching, igorathepsychowoman asked:

| dear limey, i know what a comma delineated file is, and what it looks
| like in excel. however, i am unable to locate data stored inside of
| my ms-backed up .pst outlook 2003 files, i have no idea how to even
| see it.
|
| i think i have lost my contact database which i do think would have
| been backed up when i prepared to get another hard drive. this would
| be the .pst file for outlook 2003 contacts. do you know if it would
| have been backed up when i performed the ms full backup? if so, how
| can i retrieve it from the external hard drive backup and then put it
| onto this new hard drive?
|
| else, i don't know how to find other data, such as email, notes,
| calendar items, etc., that i have used in the past on my old hard
| drive and are most likely (if i performed the ms-full backup the
| right way) on that external hard drive.
|
| i want to restore all of the information contained in my old outlook
| 2003 .pst files that i think are within file(s) on my external hard
| drive.
|
| i am very confused about knowing even what program to use to open the
| variety of .pst files that i wish to restore to this hard drive.
|
| thank you kindly, karen/igora
|
| "limeybiker" wrote:
|
||
|| Export your contacts file to a comma separated file.
||
|| Open with Excel.
||
|| Ride safe
||
|| Barry
||
|| ||| i am not able to understand how .pst backup files work.
|||
||| i am not able to see what data is kept in my .pst files.
|||
||| i have no idea how to restore data from my .pst files from an ms
||| full backup
||| on an external hard drive to a new hard drive.
|||
||| i do not want to code anything to do the above, and i did not
||| underestand what OL and OI were anyway.\
|||
||| how to i get my address book back from my external hard drive in
||| order to put it into the same office 2003 program, i.e., outlook.
|||
||| thanks a lot for layman's terminology

 

[DL]

he didnt look 10 days ago so is unlikely to look now

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, igorathepsychowoman asked:

| dear limey, i know what a comma delineated file is, and what it looks
| like in excel. however, i am unable to locate data stored inside of
| my ms-backed up .pst outlook 2003 files, i have no idea how to even
| see it.
|
| i think i have lost my contact database which i do think would have
| been backed up when i prepared to get another hard drive. this would
| be the .pst file for outlook 2003 contacts. do you know if it would
| have been backed up when i performed the ms full backup? if so, how
| can i retrieve it from the external hard drive backup and then put it
| onto this new hard drive?
|
| else, i don't know how to find other data, such as email, notes,
| calendar items, etc., that i have used in the past on my old hard
| drive and are most likely (if i performed the ms-full backup the
| right way) on that external hard drive.
|
| i want to restore all of the information contained in my old outlook
| 2003 .pst files that i think are within file(s) on my external hard
| drive.
|
| i am very confused about knowing even what program to use to open the
| variety of .pst files that i wish to restore to this hard drive.
|
| thank you kindly, karen/igora
|
| "limeybiker" wrote:
|
||
|| Export your contacts file to a comma separated file.
||
|| Open with Excel.
||
|| Ride safe
||
|| Barry
||
|| ||| i am not able to understand how .pst backup files work.
|||
||| i am not able to see what data is kept in my .pst files.
|||
||| i have no idea how to restore data from my .pst files from an ms
||| full backup
||| on an external hard drive to a new hard drive.
|||
||| i do not want to code anything to do the above, and i did not
||| underestand what OL and OI were anyway.\
|||
||| how to i get my address book back from my external hard drive in
||| order to put it into the same office 2003 program, i.e., outlook.
|||
||| thanks a lot for layman's terminology

 

[Diane]

i am not able to understand how .pst backup files work.

i am not able to see what data is kept in my .pst files.

i have no idea how to restore data from my .pst files from an ms full backup
on an external hard drive to a new hard drive.

i do not want to code anything to do the above, and i did not underestand
what OL and OI were anyway.\

how to i get my address book back from my external hard drive in order to
put it into the same office 2003 program, i.e., outlook.

thanks a lot for layman's terminology

You might try just opening the .pst file from Outlook, i.e. File > Open

Outlook Data File (if in Outlook 2003).

Diana