Moving Outlook 98 emails to Outlook XP

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I recently purchased a new computer with windows XP. My old computer uses windows 98 and I used outlook as my email/calender/contacts. I have at least 50 subfolders in the inbox of my email that has sorted hundreds of emails for me. How can I merge these with the new system?

Secondly, because i did not know how to transfer these emails, i went ahead and set up my new computer, which has been using outlook to download emails, etc. If I can copy the old pst files, will I have to loose all new data or is there a way to just add the old to the new without wiping out all the new calendar items, emails, and contacts

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Basically, you will want to simply re-use your old .PST files. Look at the
following two articles for help with this -- one is a primer on Outlook
files, and the other gives instructions for moving to a new Outlook 2002
machine.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2002/up020605.htm#movetonew2002

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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Actually my old computer is running on Windows Me - should that be a problem?


----- Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] wrote: -----

Basically, you will want to simply re-use your old .PST files. Look at the
following two articles for help with this -- one is a primer on Outlook
files, and the other gives instructions for moving to a new Outlook 2002
machine.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2002/up020605.htm#movetonew2002

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Nope...the instructions should be the same.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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odiedoodaday said:
Actually my old computer is running on Windows Me - should that be a
problem?


----- Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook] wrote: -----

Basically, you will want to simply re-use your old .PST files.
Look at the following two articles for help with this -- one is
a primer on Outlook files, and the other gives instructions for
moving to a new Outlook 2002 machine.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2002/up020605.htm#movetonew2002

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
thread. ***


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odiedoodaday said:
I recently purchased a new computer with windows XP. My old
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computer > uses windows 98 and I used outlook as my
email/calender/contacts. I > have at least 50 subfolders in the
inbox of my email that has sorted > hundreds of emails for me.
How can I merge these with the new > system?emails, i went > ahead and set up my new computer, which has
been using outlook to > download emails, etc. If I can copy the
old pst files, will I have > to loose all new data or is there a
way to just add the old to the > new without wiping out all the
new calendar items, emails, and > contacts?
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