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SUSAN S. - 18 Jul 2005 21:27 GMT

Hi All,
Before I bought a new home computer, I backed up my Outlook 2003 Contacts,
Calendar and Personal Folders to a CD, and it took days to figure that out.
It was the only way I knew. I think the CD is read only. Can I get my LIFE
back by exporting from the disk back into the new Outlook 2003? Oh, my, what
a mess, what have I done...

(¯`v´¯)-»* Thank You! * »(¯`v´¯)-» -Susan the novice user

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Jul 2005 23:24 GMT

Just move the file to your hard drive and remove the read only attribute.
Then open it in Outlook to retrieve your data.

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> Hi All,
> Before I bought a new home computer, I backed up my Outlook 2003 Contacts,
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> (¯`v´¯)-»* Thank You! * »(¯`v´¯)-» -Susan the novice user

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SUSAN S. - 19 Jul 2005 00:50 GMT

Thank you!
1. My friends installed Outlook (in MS Office) on my new PC and it had
empty personal folders, calendar, contacts.
2. I have the RW *.pst files moved from the CD backup to my hard drive.
When I went to file/open outlook data file/outlook.pst AND archive.pst, NOW I
HAVE 2 SETS OF PERSONAL FOLDERS.
PROBLEM IS: Calendar appt. reminders work in the new Outlook only but all
my calendar dates are on the second calendar. Contacts are in second set of
Personal Folders only. What a mess for a compulsive wannabe.
Thinking I should uninstall Outlook and try to save my data in the proper way.
Been at this all day....Thanks for your HELP! -Susan

> Just move the file to your hard drive and remove the read only attribute.
> Then open it in Outlook to retrieve your data.
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> > (¯`v´¯)-»* Thank You! * »(¯`v´¯)-» -Susan the novice user

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jul 2005 03:01 GMT

Just copy what you want from the old PST file into your new one.
Be sure you copy the contents of the Folders, not the Folders themselves.
For the Calendar, use a view that lists all the Items, like the Category
view.
Close the old PST when you're done.

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Russ Valentine
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> Thank you!
> 1. My friends installed Outlook (in MS Office) on my new PC and it had
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>> > (¯`v´¯)-»* Thank You! * »(¯`v´¯)-» -Susan the novice user

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Brian Tillman - 19 Jul 2005 04:03 GMT

> PROBLEM IS: Calendar appt. reminders work in the new Outlook only
> but all
> my calendar dates are on the second calendar. Contacts are in second
> set of Personal Folders only. What a mess for a compulsive wannabe.
> Thinking I should uninstall Outlook and try to save my data in the
> proper way. Been at this all day....

As an alternative to Russ' suggestion, you can also change your delivery
location to the PST containing the information you want. Click Tools>E-mail
Accounts>Next and at the bootom left, change the drop-down point to the PST
containing your desired data.

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navydude - 22 Jul 2005 06:31 GMT

I agree with Brain, Dont read Russ' comments. he was an abortion that went
wrong. And he has a small ...

> > PROBLEM IS: Calendar appt. reminders work in the new Outlook only
> > but all
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> Accounts>Next and at the bootom left, change the drop-down point to the PST
> containing your desired data.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 22 Jul 2005 11:09 GMT

Please only post if you can be helpful or accurate. You can be rude if you
want. That's your choice.
The method you posted is dead wrong. Importing and exporting is never the
correct way to transfer a PST file.
Brian's method works fine.
The method I posted is slightly more time consuming, but the reason it is
recommended is that it will preserve the ability for users upgrading to
Outlook 2003 to take advantage of the new PST file format.

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Russ Valentine
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>I agree with Brain, Dont read Russ' comments. he was an abortion that went
> wrong. And he has a small ...
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>> PST
>> containing your desired data.

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