I've never seen importing lose data, but it ignores custom views, rules, and forms. If those are important to Ivan, he can keep using his original .pst file in Outlook 2003.

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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message ...
Ivan T. Williams wrote:

...oh, so, create a new one, new format, and then import data from
the old one, no?

No. Don't import. Create the new PST, make it your default delivery
location, then copy data from the old to the new. Importing loses data.
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Brian Tillman