Generally Yes, but the version of Outlook you used and the version of Office
you buy may have some barings

"James Bond" wrote in message
...
My hard drive failed and I purchased and installed a replacement hard
drive
from Del.. I then re-installed, with the assistance of Dell Techincal
Support, Windows XP. I then contacted Symantec for assistance in
restoring
the data which I had backed up to an external hard drive. I do not have
the
original disks for my verion of Office so I have lost Excel, Word and most
importantly Outlook. If I purchase and install a new copy / version of
Office will I be able to access my old e-mails, contacts, etc which are
stored as .PST files?
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Bond, James Bond