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hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a few
pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which one is the
one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to see
where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
 
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J

Russ Valentine said:
Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a few
pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which one is
the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to see
where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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That worked really well and opened up with all the emails and addresses and
folders.
The only thing is it doesn't have all my email accounts.
Is this another procedure?
Thanks


Russ Valentine said:
Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a few
pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which one is
the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to see
where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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Outlook provides no built in way to back up your email account settings.
Many people use Windows XP's Files and Settings Transfer Wizard successfully
for that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
That worked really well and opened up with all the emails and addresses
and folders.
The only thing is it doesn't have all my email accounts.
Is this another procedure?
Thanks


Russ Valentine said:
Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a
few pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which
one is the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to see
where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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Thanks for your reply. I've done them manually now.
If you're still there, just one more question I promise.
If you have a laptop and a Pc, can you share the same Outlook file?



Russ Valentine said:
Outlook provides no built in way to back up your email account settings.
Many people use Windows XP's Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
successfully for that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
That worked really well and opened up with all the emails and addresses
and folders.
The only thing is it doesn't have all my email accounts.
Is this another procedure?
Thanks


Russ Valentine said:
Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a
few pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which
one is the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to
see where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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Outlook's PST does not support multi-user scenarios. That is, you can't have
two Outlook's access the same .pst file at the same time. If only one
installation wants to access the info from two separate locations, then put
the .PST in a location where both computers can access it. Then you just
have to make sure that both machines are not running Outlook at the same
time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
Thanks for your reply. I've done them manually now.
If you're still there, just one more question I promise.
If you have a laptop and a Pc, can you share the same Outlook file?



Russ Valentine said:
Outlook provides no built in way to back up your email account settings.
Many people use Windows XP's Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
successfully for that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
That worked really well and opened up with all the emails and addresses
and folders.
The only thing is it doesn't have all my email accounts.
Is this another procedure?
Thanks


Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a
few pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which
one is the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to
see where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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Perfect, thank you


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook's PST does not support multi-user scenarios. That is, you can't
have two Outlook's access the same .pst file at the same time. If only one
installation wants to access the info from two separate locations, then
put the .PST in a location where both computers can access it. Then you
just have to make sure that both machines are not running Outlook at the
same time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
ZIp said:
Thanks for your reply. I've done them manually now.
If you're still there, just one more question I promise.
If you have a laptop and a Pc, can you share the same Outlook file?



Russ Valentine said:
Outlook provides no built in way to back up your email account settings.
Many people use Windows XP's Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
successfully for that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
That worked really well and opened up with all the emails and addresses
and folders.
The only thing is it doesn't have all my email accounts.
Is this another procedure?
Thanks


Sure.
File > Open Outlook Data File...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
hi. I need to get a new hard drive.
I've backed everything up from My Documents.
For Outlook (2003) I've searched for *.pst . Thing is, if there are a
few pst files for example, you need to check the date to assess which
one is the one you are using.
Is there not a better way of doing this? Say from Outlook itself, to
see where its source file is stored.
Thanks
J
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