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John - 25 Jan 2004 04:31 GMT

I just bought a new computer and I want to move my address book and email files over

The old computer was running Outlook 2000 SR-1 on Windows ME, while the new computer is running Outlook 2003 on Windows XP

Are there files I can copy over, or do I need to export all of the folders with emails? Also, the old address book has the import/export buttons greyed out, so I'm not sure if there is some sort of problem

Thanks in advance for any help

Regards
Joh

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 25 Jan 2004 10:03 GMT

All Outlook data resides in the same file, a Personal Folders file (PST
file). Just save your old PST and configure the new installation to reuse
it--that is much safer and retains more settings than importing the PST.

The only reason to import the PST is if for some reason you might need to
exceed the 2 GB limit on PST's. Outlook 2003 has a new format that will
allow PST's up to 20 GB. Even then, I wouldn't import it. Just open your old
PST and copy the data into your new one.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> I just bought a new computer and I want to move my address book and email files over.
>
> The old computer was running Outlook 2000 SR-1 on Windows ME, while the new computer is running Outlook 2003 on Windows XP.
>
> Are there files I can copy over, or do I need to export all of the folders with emails? Also, the old address book has the import/export buttons

greyed out, so I'm not sure if there is some sort of problem.

> Thanks in advance for any help!
>
> Regards,
> John

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John - 25 Jan 2004 14:56 GMT

Thanks. That worked great

Regards
Joh

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