import .pst files

[Guest]

I am moving my email data to a new computer. I saved my contacts as one .pst
file, and my subfolders each as separate .pst files. I was able to
successfully import my contacts and one email folder. Now, when I try to
import my other folders (.pst files) the IE Wizard will only allow me to
import from another folder in Outlook. How do I import other .pst files, when
I have already imported one.


thanks,
Kathy

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]]

There is never any reason to import PST files. They are Outlook's native
format. Just open them in Outlook and copy what you want. By the time
you export and import so many times, I bet you will have lost a fair
amount of data just by losing track of what you're doing.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am moving my email data to a new computer. I saved my contacts as
one .pst file, and my subfolders each as separate .pst files.

Why would you want to do that? All your Outlook data is kept in a single
PST. Just copy that PST to the other computer and, in Outlook, click
File>Open>Outlook Data File. Why mess with all the import and export that
can lose data?