Installing old mail files
 

Hi

I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way I can
bring the mail from the copy to the new install?

Where is the mail kept?

thanks

Daniel

Installing old mail files
 

Copy your .pst file and open it in Outlook. Do NOT import.

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After furious head scratching, Daniel asked:

| Hi
|
| I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
| everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way I
| can bring the mail from the copy to the new install?
|
| Where is the mail kept?
|
| thanks
|
| Daniel

Installing old mail files
 

Thanks

will that combine the old pst and the new pst data, as I've used the new
install of Outlook for a few days.

thanks

Daniel
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" What@ever wrote in message
...
Copy your .pst file and open it in Outlook. Do NOT import.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Daniel asked:

| Hi
|
| I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
| everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way I
| can bring the mail from the copy to the new install?
|
| Where is the mail kept?
|
| thanks
|
| Daniel

Installing old mail files
 

Daniel wrote:
Hi

I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way I can
bring the mail from the copy to the new install?

Where is the mail kept?

thanks

Daniel


Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express,

1) for OE, open OE, check "Tools"-"Options"-"Maintenance" in the
middle, there is "Store Folder". Just copy the dbx files, restart OE.
2) for Outlook, open Outlook, check "File"-"Data File Management", also
copy pst files out. In new Outlook, after first open, close it, delete
the original pst file created, re-open Outlook, it said pst missing,
then you give a new path, restart Outlook, it should be ok.


Regard, Dennis

Installing old mail files
 

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Daniel wrote:
Hi

I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way I can
bring the mail from the copy to the new install?

Where is the mail kept?

thanks

Daniel
Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express,

1) for OE, open OE, check "Tools"-"Options"-"Maintenance" in the middle,
there is "Store Folder". Just copy the dbx files, restart OE.
2) for Outlook, open Outlook, check "File"-"Data File Management", also
copy pst files out. In new Outlook, after first open, close it, delete the
original pst file created, re-open Outlook, it said pst missing, then you
give a new path, restart Outlook, it should be ok.


Regard, Dennis

Thanks Dennis, I have Outlook,
will I lose any dasta from the new PST?

thanks

Daniel

Installing old mail files
 

"Daniel" wrote in message
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Thanks

will that combine the old pst and the new pst data, as I've used the new
install of Outlook for a few days.


No - it will open a new personal folders file in your older list. If the
file contains a lot of data, then copy the items from the NEW file to the
old, and in Control panel-Mail-Data Files set the OLD file as the default
delivery location. You can then close the NEW file.

HTH

Installing old mail files
 

Yes, unless you copy that data to the old .pst file.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Daniel asked:

| wrote in message
| ...
|| Daniel wrote:
||| Hi
|||
||| I have Office XP, my PC crashed and I had to format and reinstall
||| everything, I had a copy of most of the hard drive, is there a way
||| I can bring the mail from the copy to the new install?
|||
||| Where is the mail kept?
|||
||| thanks
|||
||| Daniel
|| Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express,
||
|| 1) for OE, open OE, check "Tools"-"Options"-"Maintenance" in the
|| middle, there is "Store Folder". Just copy the dbx files, restart OE.
|| 2) for Outlook, open Outlook, check "File"-"Data File Management",
|| also copy pst files out. In new Outlook, after first open, close it,
|| delete the original pst file created, re-open Outlook, it said pst
|| missing, then you give a new path, restart Outlook, it should be ok.
||
||
|| Regard, Dennis
|
| Thanks Dennis, I have Outlook,
| will I lose any dasta from the new PST?
|
| thanks
|
| Daniel