Transferring Outlook Settings to a New Computer

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Terry Smerling

How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved messages,
contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one. Both computers
run WinXP.
 
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my "personal"
folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store e-mail by category.
How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

Russ Valentine said:
The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved messages,
contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one. Both
computers run WinXP.
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Go the the Outlook website and download the Outlook backup utility. Install
it on both computers. Configure it to save the outlook files on your desktop
or somewhere you can easily find them. When you open Outlook you will see
backup on the file menu. Click on the backup option and follow the
instructions. The next time you close outlook the file will backup. Copy
the file to a cd and put it in the new computer. Full instructions on the
site.
 
Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my "personal"
folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store e-mail by
category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

Russ Valentine said:
The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved messages,
contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one. Both
computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal, business
etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine. These folders
are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook 2003 installation.


Russ Valentine said:
Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my "personal"
folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store e-mail by
category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

Russ Valentine said:
The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one.
Both computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
As I said, if you had copied the correct PST file and followed the
directions, all those folders you created would be there.
Check your steps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal, business
etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine. These
folders are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook 2003
installation.


Russ Valentine said:
Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my
"personal" folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store
e-mail by category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one.
Both computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
OK, I am making progress. I found a second Outlook.pst file in a different
location. This second contains my "Personal Folders" but not the management
folders, including Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts etc. Also the second file does
not contain all my Contacts, which did appear within the first Outlook.pst
file. So I suppose the question becomes: How do I combine the two
Outlook.pst files?
Russ Valentine said:
As I said, if you had copied the correct PST file and followed the
directions, all those folders you created would be there.
Check your steps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal, business
etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine. These
folders are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook 2003
installation.


Russ Valentine said:
Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my
"personal" folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store
e-mail by category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one.
Both computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
The first question is were you using two PST files in your old installation?
I don't know why you would, but that is the only explanation for the fact
that you now have your data in two separate files.
You can easily combine them by opening both PST files in the same profile
and copying what you want from your second PST into your default PST. Then
you can close the second PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
OK, I am making progress. I found a second Outlook.pst file in a
different location. This second contains my "Personal Folders" but not
the management folders, including Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts etc. Also the
second file does not contain all my Contacts, which did appear within the
first Outlook.pst file. So I suppose the question becomes: How do I
combine the two Outlook.pst files?
Russ Valentine said:
As I said, if you had copied the correct PST file and followed the
directions, all those folders you created would be there.
Check your steps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal, business
etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine. These
folders are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook 2003
installation.


Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my
"personal" folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store
e-mail by category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new one.
Both computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
O.K. How do copy from one PST to the other within a profile? And how do I
open profiles?


Russ Valentine said:
The first question is were you using two PST files in your old
installation? I don't know why you would, but that is the only explanation
for the fact that you now have your data in two separate files.
You can easily combine them by opening both PST files in the same profile
and copying what you want from your second PST into your default PST. Then
you can close the second PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
OK, I am making progress. I found a second Outlook.pst file in a
different location. This second contains my "Personal Folders" but not
the management folders, including Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts etc. Also
the second file does not contain all my Contacts, which did appear within
the first Outlook.pst file. So I suppose the question becomes: How do I
combine the two Outlook.pst files?
Russ Valentine said:
As I said, if you had copied the correct PST file and followed the
directions, all those folders you created would be there.
Check your steps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal, business
etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine. These
folders are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook 2003
installation.


Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my
"personal" folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store
e-mail by category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new
one. Both computers run WinXP.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Answered in earlier posts.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
O.K. How do copy from one PST to the other within a profile? And how do
I open profiles?


Russ Valentine said:
The first question is were you using two PST files in your old
installation? I don't know why you would, but that is the only
explanation for the fact that you now have your data in two separate
files.
You can easily combine them by opening both PST files in the same profile
and copying what you want from your second PST into your default PST.
Then you can close the second PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Terry Smerling said:
OK, I am making progress. I found a second Outlook.pst file in a
different location. This second contains my "Personal Folders" but not
the management folders, including Inbox, Sent Items, Drafts etc. Also
the second file does not contain all my Contacts, which did appear
within the first Outlook.pst file. So I suppose the question becomes:
How do I combine the two Outlook.pst files?
As I said, if you had copied the correct PST file and followed the
directions, all those folders you created would be there.
Check your steps.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
What I mean is this: my Inbox, Sent Items, Junk Mail and Spam folders
transferred to my new machine. However, numerous other mail folders,
containing read mail, categorized by subject matter, do not appear. I
created these folders to organize messages by topic (personal,
business etc). These are the folders I can't find on my new machine.
These folders are called "Personal Folders" in my original Outlook
2003 installation.


Explain what you mean.
If you copied the correct PST file, then your data will all be in it.
Read the articles I posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I copied my Outlook.pst folder to my new computer. However, my
"personal" folders are missing, i.e. the folders I created to store
e-mail by category. How do I also transfer these "personal" folders?

The file you need to transfer is your Personal Folders file (*.pst)
It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or
transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
How do I transfer all my Outlook 2003 settings (folders, saved
messages, contacts, calendar etc) from an old computer to a new
one. Both computers run WinXP.
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