start over again

[naguaramipana]

hi gurus

I would like to know the process of the following:

I am the process of setting up OL2007, I exported pst file from my old
computer , right now I am in the process of importing everything to my new
computer with OL2007( the old computer had OL2002), if something goes wrong
how can I start all over on my OL2007 new machine, like no setup has ever
been ran.

Thanks gurus

 

[Gordon]

hi gurus

I would like to know the process of the following:

I am the process of setting up OL2007, I exported pst file from my old
computer , right now I am in the process of importing

All advice on this and all the other Outlook groups says "DO NOT USE THE
IMPORT/EXPORT FUNCTION" to transfer data from one Outlook to another.

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])

Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. 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.


take a look here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010771141033.aspx

more info here:

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm




HTH

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can recreate your mail profile then;
Control Panel-> Mail
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm for more details.

Instead of exporting your pst-file simply copy the original to your new
computer and instead of importing it simply connect to it by File-> Open->
Outlook Data File...
After that I would advise you to move the items from the old pst-file to the
new one as Outlook 2007 uses a different pst-filestructure than Outlook
2002.