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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2006Find and import Contact sub-folders from my old pst file.
My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a storage drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be seen. How are your "bringing it into Outlook?" You should never import a PST file. Just open it. You will find everything it contains and can copy whatever you want from it.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a > storage > drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old > emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be > seen. > My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a storage > drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old > emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be > seen. I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No subfolders are showing under the main Contact folder. > My old hard drive died, but I got my entire Outlook pst file onto a storage > drive. Now when I bring that into my new Outlook, I have all of my old > emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be > seen. Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your PST file correctly. Opening any PST file will show all the data it contains. Are you using a view that provides a comprehensive view of your entire folder hierarchy, such as Folder List view? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I did open it (not import) -- sorry for the imprecise wording. No >subfolders [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be >> seen. I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections, subsetting, etc. took place. All of my many, complicated Inbox subfolders are showing up. But there is no contact subfoldering at all. > Then you are either opening the wrong PST file or you failed to back up your > PST file correctly. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >> emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be > >> seen. What you see is what you copied. Copying a PST file does not lose any data. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its > location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> be >> >> seen. Where are you looking? The Folder List will give you the most complete view. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I never "backed-up" the pst file at all. I merely copied it from its > location on my old C drive to my mass storage G drive. No selections, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be >> >> seen. I am looking in the folder list. No other folders show up under Contacts. Only the main Contact folder. > Where are you looking? The Folder List will give you the most complete view. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> >> emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be > >> >> seen. Then the logical answer is as Russ said, the folder didn't exist in the file you copied. Outlook doesn't just randomly delete folders from a .pst file. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I am looking in the folder list. No other folders show up under Contacts. > Only the main Contact folder. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> >> emails and sub-folders, but my many Contact sub-folders are nowhere to be >> >> >> seen. |
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