New Job; portability of old emails

[RW Desert]

I am moving to a new job. Both my old and new employers use Outlook for
email. I have saved my emails in the archive folders for all sent items and
all inbox items. I have an archive folder for each year for sent and inbox.
All archive pst files are kept on my external hard drive. When I start my new
job, will I be able to access my old emails merely by attaching my external
drive to my new computer and accessing the drive and archive folders through
Outlook? My email address will be the same except the @domain name portion.
Thanks for you help.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

Yes. Plug in the drive, open Outlook, go to 'File|Open|Outlook Data File',
navigate to your external hard drive, locate and select an archive .PST
file, and click OK. You can do this for all your saved .PST files.

Hal
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[Brian Tillman]

I am moving to a new job. Both my old and new employers use Outlook
for email. I have saved my emails in the archive folders for all sent
items and all inbox items. I have an archive folder for each year
for sent and inbox. All archive pst files are kept on my external
hard drive. When I start my new job, will I be able to access my old
emails merely by attaching my external drive to my new computer and
accessing the drive and archive folders through Outlook? My email
address will be the same except the @domain name portion. Thanks for
you help.

You could have an issue if moving from Outlook 2003/2007 to Outlook 2002 or
earlier. The PSTs are not downwardly compatible.

You could have a legal issue as well, Everything you received while working
for the first employer belongs to that employer and not to you. Make sure
you get explicit permission to take the data with you. On top of that,
inserting a flash device into the PC you've been using may be a security
violation (it is where I work) and you could face disciplinary action. Be
sure to obtain permission.

 

[RW Desert]

Thank you both. I am the owner of the data. My concern still is the plug in
of the external hard drive. I have heard stories of the old files not being
accessible on a different network.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you both. I am the owner of the data.

If the data was generated while you were working for an employer, you do NOT
own the data.