Switching computers - How do I move/import accounts and mail and address books?

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Ron....

I had a MAJOR computer crash...

I have the hard drive and was able to retore than computer - But I bought a
new one and need
to get everything over to the new computer before I can't...


What should I do......


I don't want to lose my

mail accounts
Rules
folders
address book

I have networked the 2 together so I can see the old ones drives....

Thanks....
 
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After furious head scratching, Ron.... asked:

| I had a MAJOR computer crash...
|
| I have the hard drive and was able to retore than computer - But I
| bought a new one and need
| to get everything over to the new computer before I can't...
|
|
| What should I do......
|
|
| I don't want to lose my
|
| mail accounts
| Rules
| folders
| address book
|
| I have networked the 2 together so I can see the old ones drives....
|
| Thanks....
 
Ron.... said:
I had a MAJOR computer crash...

I have the hard drive and was able to retore than computer - But I
bought a new one and need
to get everything over to the new computer before I can't...
Click to expand...

While Milly's advice will allow you to recover your mail, rules, contacts,
and so on, it will do nothing for your mail accounts.
I have networked the 2 together so I can see the old ones drives....
Click to expand...

You said you had a crash. If the old PC is still up and running well enough
to be able to perform networking operations, then you did NOT have a crash.
If you're using Office XP or 2003, you can use the Office Save My Settings
wizard (under Microsoft Office Tools in the Programs menu) to save your
account settings and transfer them to the other machine. However, if the
old machine is running well enough to share its drive on your network, then
I simply don't see the problem with the old machine.
 
I had to go back to the Hewlitt Packards intial software during a restore
without losing any data...

But OUTLOOK is not running and I only have one copy and I put it on my new
PC.

I found the PST file and copied it over to the new pc.

So I can't do anything with outlook on the old one? Should I just load the
PST file on the new computer... but it gives me lots of errors... Plugin
errors and such... The rules are there but but added lot of (on another
machine) to the rules and none work (I don't think)

Plus none of the email accounts are there...


Thanks....
 
The accounts are held in the registry, since you, I believe, restored your
old PC you have now lost these settings
The pst contains data, ie mail calender,contacts It doesnt contain rules,
nor does it contain plugins.
If you have plugin errors when opening OL, they are installation errors
caused when setting up OL and or whatever apps have the OL plugins
Assuming OL is on the new PC and you have either created a new pst, or
opened the old pst what exactly are the errors?
 
DL said:
The pst contains data, ie mail calender,contacts It doesnt contain
rules, nor does it contain plugins.
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I believe it does contain the rules, in a hidden folder. I could be wrong,
though, and if an MVP knows for sure, I hope s/he speaks up.
 
yes I think you're right

Brian Tillman said:
I believe it does contain the rules, in a hidden folder. I could be wrong,
though, and if an MVP knows for sure, I hope s/he speaks up.
Click to expand...
 
In recent versions the PST file does contain rules. They do need to be
reset, however, if the PST file is migrated to another installation.
 
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