I'm trying to bring in my contacts and calendar from my old computer to
my new one, and have copied the data into a file and put in on cd. The
file is an Outlook Data File as confirmed by Explorer. When I copy the
file into the Local Settings--Microsoft--Outlook folder, it appears
there as having the same file size. But when I try to open it within
Outlook, either through the import function, or simply file--Open Data
File, nothing happens, and it simply creates a new personal folder with
nothing in it. I know that it copied the data because I watched while
it said copying "calendar" and "contacts". Am I doing something wrong?

Microsoft XP
Outlook 2003

I would look for the largest *.PST file on your old computer and then make sure you copied the correct one. Also when you bring that file off the CD most likely it may be "read only" I have no idea how outlook would react to that. Right click on the file and double check the read only attribute which should be unchecked.


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"lgoler" wrote in message ups.com...
I'm trying to bring in my contacts and calendar from my old computer to
my new one, and have copied the data into a file and put in on cd. The
file is an Outlook Data File as confirmed by Explorer. When I copy the
file into the Local Settings--Microsoft--Outlook folder, it appears
there as having the same file size. But when I try to open it within
Outlook, either through the import function, or simply file--Open Data
File, nothing happens, and it simply creates a new personal folder with
nothing in it. I know that it copied the data because I watched while
it said copying "calendar" and "contacts". Am I doing something wrong?

Microsoft XP
Outlook 2003

lgoler wrote:

I'm trying to bring in my contacts and calendar from my old computer
to my new one, and have copied the data into a file and put in on cd.
The file is an Outlook Data File as confirmed by Explorer. When I
copy the file into the Local Settings--Microsoft--Outlook folder,
it appears there as having the same file size. But when I try to
open it within Outlook, either through the import function, or simply
file--Open Data File, nothing happens, and it simply creates a new
personal folder with nothing in it.

Did you copy it back to your hard drive from the CD and remove the read-only
attribute?

I know that it copied the data
because I watched while it said copying "calendar" and "contacts".
Am I doing something wrong?

No correct method of backing up and restoring a PST ever shows those
messages. Describe exactly how your "backed up" and "restored" the PST.
--
Brian Tillman