Importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. Next time, just
open file and use it.
If you're lucky, the only information you lost this time is the connection
between your subfolders and the Outlook Address Book. That should be easy to
re-establish in the properties of each folder.

Signature
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks Russ.
Your response tells me what not to do in the future, and suggests what I
should do now. I will fix what I unintentionally broke. Before I go at
it, a couple of further questions occur to me, based on your recommendation:
1 -- since my original PST file still resides on the old drive, and is only
24 hours old at this point -- i.e., essentially the heart, contact-wise, of
what I want, I could then re-use it? [saving my newer, post-rebuild email
messages and saving them to a folder on my PC is not a problem]. If I
reuse the older PST located on the old drive, will Outlook automatically
create its working copy on my new drive [in its appropriate location --i.e.,
under my identity inside Docs and Settings inside Application Data \etc.] ?
Or will it simply work out of my old drive [which I do not want it to do].
Will it then overwrite the new one I have created [which isn't a problem for
me at this early moment]?
2 -- I pictured a PST as a form of database with internal links. So how
come it cannot be easily and completely transported? [as one could do with
an Access DB, or an Excel xlt]??
Once again, thanks for your original help, and TIA.
albert
> Importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. Next time,
> just open file and use it.
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>>
>> albert
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 10 Dec 2006 03:16 GMT
Outlook will use whatever data file you tell it to. As I said, you simply
open that file in Outlook and set it to be the default for that profile. If
you do not want that file to remain on the old hard drive, just move it to
your current drive before you open it.
Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

Signature
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
> Thanks Russ.
>
[quoted text clipped - 60 lines]
>>>
>>> albert
albert - 12 Dec 2006 02:49 GMT
Russ,
Another thank you.
The links you provided are excellent, and give me a better grasp of what I
am doing.
[and will, of course, lead me to more questions -- a marker of good
information, btw]
albert
> Outlook will use whatever data file you tell it to. As I said, you simply
> open that file in Outlook and set it to be the default for that profile.
[quoted text clipped - 72 lines]
>>>>
>>>> albert