Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007

[Guest]

I have installed Vista Home Premium and following instructions with the
software, backed up my docs etc and Outlook on an external hard drive.
Restored backup to Vista, everything is fine except that I do not have any of
my email, which came from 2 different computers, but both from backup. Any
assistance to recover would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Andrew McLaren]

software, backed up my docs etc and Outlook on an external hard drive.
Restored backup to Vista, everything is fine except that I do not have any
of
my email, which came from 2 different computers, but both from backup. Any

Did you back up your Outlook PST file(s)?

Outlook keeps your email in a file called Outlook.PST. By default, this is
kept at C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook (on XP).

If you only backed up C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents, and did
not also back up your PST file, then your email has probably been lost.

Search for any file called *.PST. After you install Outlook in the new Vista
installation, go to File, Import and Export, Import from another program or
file, and browse to the location of your PST file. Select it to import the
email into your new Inbox.

Hope it helps,

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I used Live One Care Back up and restore, and as far
as I am aware the .ost files were included as it listed Outlook. I nhave
followed the instructions for replacing the emails, but so far have not had
any luck at all. I am beginning to doubt my purchase of Vista I must admit,
as I have also had problem getting it to recognise my wireless cards, now
fixed, and my removable hard drive, still not fixed. Mail remains my
immediate problem however, as there are many emails

 

[Peter Foldes]

"do NOT IMPORT".
Go to File-Open-Outlook Data File in Outlook and open it that way.
Why not import?

Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <[email protected]>

Here's why. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

did you try copying the pst to the drive
yourself and verifying it was marked for read/write? Not Importing

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply Peter.
I have looked under File;Data File Management; and in Data Files there are
files shown for: Archive Folders----Archive.pst form 5-7-07 from my backup,
and Personal Folders----Outlook.pst default. I am not very computer literate
as you can most likely tell, but when I use the File-Open-Outlook method
mentioned in your reply, I get nowhere. Quite obviously I am not doing
something I should be, but do not know what. Your help is greatly
appreciated, as is any others help.

--
bazzandjo

"do NOT IMPORT".
Go to File-Open-Outlook Data File in Outlook and open it that way.
Why not import?

Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <[email protected]>

Here's why. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

did you try copying the pst to the drive
yourself and verifying it was marked for read/write? Not Importing



--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Read these links for a better understanding and how to do it but read the below by Russ Valentine first before you do anything.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx


Also here is a snip below from Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] which is important since MS has not corrected this yet in Outlook

snip>

Importing PST's will lose:

1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook. Microsoft has not yet caught
on.

 

[Guest]

Thanks again for your reply Peter. I have read each of the articles you
listed, and tried tomapply them, but to no avail. I have spent some 9 hours
today without luck. Each of these articles appears to me to not consider
Outlook 2007. I am trying to transfer my Outlook 2003 files which I have
backed up successfully, put on my HDD successfully, looked to make sure they
are there, but can find no way to get them into Outlook 2007. I have searched
the Office 207 site, and cannot find anything either. Do you know anything
else that may help? I am at my wits end with this, and have very little hair
left to tear out!!

Thank you again.
--
bazzandjo

Read these links for a better understanding and how to do it but read the below by Russ Valentine first before you do anything.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx


Also here is a snip below from Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] which is important since MS has not corrected this yet in Outlook

snip>

Importing PST's will lose:

1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook. Microsoft has not yet caught
on.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

end snip<

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

I have installed Vista Home Premium and following instructions with the
software, backed up my docs etc and Outlook on an external hard drive.
Restored backup to Vista, everything is fine except that I do not have any of
my email, which came from 2 different computers, but both from backup. Any
assistance to recover would be appreciated.

Thanks