How to import addresses and emails from FILE

[Lee Beck]

I just reformatted my HDD and switched from W2K to XP
Pro. I backed up my files and reinstalled Office 2000.
Now, I find that the way that you're supposed to save your
address book, emails, and such is to export them to a
database file and then import them to the new installation.

I'm assuming that the information is saved in one or more
of the files that I copied en mass prior to the reformat.
Can someone tell me which files contain my user-data and
how to get them back? Getting my Rules back would be nice
too.

I'm fairly proficient with DBMS so if there is a CSV file
or something somewhere that Outlook can import that would
be great!

Thanks

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Look here for all the information you need on backup and restoration of
Outlook data:

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

Also, the best practice is to re-use your original .PST file rather than
import from it...and don't overwrite one .PST file with another; you can put
a .PST anywhere on your drive, so just put it where you want it and point
Outlook to it.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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