How to open Outlook2000 Inbox from old PC, on new PC w/new Outlook2000 install?

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I just bought a new PC with Win98SE. My previous PC was also Win98SE
with Office2000. I had everything from my old harddrive copied to the
new harddrive, maintaining same tree/folder structure, into a folder
OldHardDrive.

What I'd like to do:

When I install Office2000 on my new PC, I want to open the Inbox from
my previous Outlook2000 installation. I'd like to use it as my Inbox,
instead of the default Inbox you get when you install O2000. I have
alot of stuff in that Inbox!

Is this just a matter of deleting the new default Inbox file from new
installation of Office2000, and then copy/pasting the Inbox file from
previous installation to the correct location? Or is it more
complicated?

Instructions/info greatly appreciated. Esp would like to know the
location and filename of the default Inbox file you get when you
install Outlook2000 on Win98SE. This was what I used; I didn't route
mail into a .PST I created. I did standard Office2000 installation,
accepting all the defaults.

Thx in advance--hope above info is sufficient.
 
Look for files with a .pst extension - this holds all of your Outlook data.
Once you find the newly created one, delete it (ensure Outlook is not
running). Then, open Outlook and when it complains, point it to the old
..pst file. No need to move it anywhere, it resides quite happily on a
second hard drive or elsewhere in C:\.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, D.Johnson asked:

| I just bought a new PC with Win98SE. My previous PC was also Win98SE
| with Office2000. I had everything from my old harddrive copied to the
| new harddrive, maintaining same tree/folder structure, into a folder
| OldHardDrive.
|
| What I'd like to do:
|
| When I install Office2000 on my new PC, I want to open the Inbox from
| my previous Outlook2000 installation. I'd like to use it as my Inbox,
| instead of the default Inbox you get when you install O2000. I have
| alot of stuff in that Inbox!
|
| Is this just a matter of deleting the new default Inbox file from new
| installation of Office2000, and then copy/pasting the Inbox file from
| previous installation to the correct location? Or is it more
| complicated?
|
| Instructions/info greatly appreciated. Esp would like to know the
| location and filename of the default Inbox file you get when you
| install Outlook2000 on Win98SE. This was what I used; I didn't route
| mail into a .PST I created. I did standard Office2000 installation,
| accepting all the defaults.
|
| Thx in advance--hope above info is sufficient.
 
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