Where Are O2003 Messages for HD Restore?

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John Ciccone

I'm restoring a defective hard drive not completely backed up. If I can get
most of the data back, is there a particluar place (directory) I should look
to find and restore email with Outlook 2003?

Am I in for a nightmare trying to restore? <g>

TIA for any help.

Regards,
John Ciccone
 
G'Day John,

Outlook stores ALL your Personal Folders in a file with a .PST
extension.

In your current version of Outlook:
View>Folder List (if not already visible)
Right-Click the root folder (usually "Personal Folders" OR
"Outlook Today")
Select "Properties for..."
Click the "Advanced" button
Beside "Filename:", you will see the full path and File name
of your current .PST file.
Your old one would likely be in the corresponding location.

Search your restored HDD backup - possibly somewhere in
<Drive>:\Documents and Settings
\<UserName>
\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

If you have no significant data in your new file, simply replace
it with the old file (with same name as the new file).
 
I'm restoring a defective hard drive not completely backed up. If I can get
most of the data back, is there a particluar place (directory) I should look
to find and restore email with Outlook 2003?
Click to expand...
Outlook stores its mail, contacts, etc. in a file with a .pst extension.
Make certain that you can view hidden files before searching for it. Once
you find it, copy it to a CD or some other removable media. Copy from the CD
onto your new hard drive, remove the "Read Only" attribute and open it with
your version of Outlook on the new hard drive.
Am I in for a nightmare trying to restore? <g>
Click to expand...
It's actually quite painless.
--
<<<SgtRich>>>

Email Client: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
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News Client (Binaries): News Rover 10.1 www.newsrover.com
 
John Ciccone said:
I'm restoring a defective hard drive not completely backed up. If I
can get most of the data back, is there a particluar place
(directory) I should look to find and restore email with Outlook 2003?
Click to expand...

By default, PSTs are located in the hidden folder x:\Documents and
Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
 
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