outlook xp recovered data - from CD - how?

[kevinh]

I just received a CD with all of my recovered outlook xp
data from a failed hard drive: how do I move/copy/transfer
the recovered Calendar, address book and contacts,
personal folders, and emails from the data recovery CD to
my existing Outlook folders? Where does that data reside
on my new hard drive (windows xp pro oper system)? Would
very much appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[rifleman]

I just received a CD with all of my recovered outlook xp
data from a failed hard drive: how do I move/copy/transfer
the recovered Calendar, address book and contacts,
personal folders, and emails from the data recovery CD to
my existing Outlook folders? Where does that data reside
on my new hard drive (windows xp pro oper system)? Would
very much appreciate any help. Thanks.

answered in microsoft.public.outlook.general 10 minutes ago.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much - especially for the quick reply! kh.

 

[rifleman]

Thank you very much - especially for the quick reply! kh.

 

[rifleman]

Thank you very much - especially for the quick reply! kh.

You're welcome!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I just received a CD with all of my recovered outlook xp

data from a failed hard drive: how do I move/copy/transfer
the recovered Calendar, address book and contacts,
personal folders, and emails from the data recovery CD to
my existing Outlook folders? Where does that data reside
on my new hard drive (windows xp pro oper system)?

Just a nit: there is no "Outlook XP". It's Outlook 2002, part of Office XP.

There should be a few .PST files on that CD. Copy them to any folder you
want (although Outlook defaults to
"C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook") and open them with Outlook with File>Open>Outlook
Data File. You'll have all of your calendar, aontacts, messages, etc. Move
the Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, etc. (but not necessarily the
messages) to the primary delivery target, if you already have some new
things added in. Alternatively, while Outlook is not running, rename the
new PST file to some other name and rename to old PST file to the name
Outlook currently expects and start Outlook. It will use the old file as
though it were the current delivery target and things should be back to
normal.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[rifleman]

Just a nit: there is no "Outlook XP". It's Outlook 2002, part of Office

XP.

No, it's Outlook XP part of Office 2002 - the two are interchangeable.

 

[Brian Tillman]

No, it's Outlook XP part of Office 2002 - the two are interchangeable.

Click Help>About Microsoft Outlook. It will NOT say it's Outlook XP.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[rifleman]

Click Help>About Microsoft Outlook. It will NOT say it's Outlook XP.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

Excel help-about ALSO says "Excel 2002" yet it is called Excel XP
familiarly - XP and 2002 are interchangeable.

 

[kevin h]

There were no pst files in my recovered data. I looked.
They were all dbx. I don't understand it. I was using
Outlook when my hard drive failed. However, I did as
Rifleman had instructed in a later post, and imported the
data (dbx files) into OE, then imported it from OE into
Outlook - successfully!!! I'm happy. Thanks to both
Rifleman and Brian for your assistance. kh.