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Jarrett Kaufman
Here's the deal. I currently use Outlook Express for my e-mail, but I
use Outlook 2003 for my Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, etc. thanks to my
Pocket PC. I've been considering switching to Outlook 2003 for e-mail
as well. Here's my issue, though:
I keep all of my Outlook Express e-mail on a seperate partition for
backup reasons and to make reformatting my system a lot easier.
Typically I simply backup the Identities Registry string, and then on
the new format I reimport that and, after putting my accounts back into
OE I'm good to go.
Now I'm aware of the Outlook.pst file and how to move that to a
different drive which I've already done as an experiment with success.
But what about all of my other Outlook data and settings? Is all of
that stored within that file and, if not, where is is stored and how
should I move that off the C drive as well? And then, more
importantly, how do I get all of that back into Outlook after I
reformat my system? I would simply consider using the Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard (that's what I use now for Outlook since I
haven't had the need to keep the files on a seperate partition), but
that will just raise the size of my FaST file (I have about 1.5GB of
e-mail) drastically, slow down the process, plus I'm afraid it'll just
stick the file into the default location, forcing me to move it back
over the original and undoing the benefit of keeping it off the drive.
So, to recap: I want to keep my Outlook data (or at least e-mail) on a
seperate partition. I want a relatively simple way (I don't mind
messing with the Registry, though) to transfer all of my data to a
newly-formatted system without having to copy/overwrite/move the large
files that I kept on the seperate partition.
Once I know how to do this I'll migrate comfortably.
Thanks!
Jarrett
use Outlook 2003 for my Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, etc. thanks to my
Pocket PC. I've been considering switching to Outlook 2003 for e-mail
as well. Here's my issue, though:
I keep all of my Outlook Express e-mail on a seperate partition for
backup reasons and to make reformatting my system a lot easier.
Typically I simply backup the Identities Registry string, and then on
the new format I reimport that and, after putting my accounts back into
OE I'm good to go.
Now I'm aware of the Outlook.pst file and how to move that to a
different drive which I've already done as an experiment with success.
But what about all of my other Outlook data and settings? Is all of
that stored within that file and, if not, where is is stored and how
should I move that off the C drive as well? And then, more
importantly, how do I get all of that back into Outlook after I
reformat my system? I would simply consider using the Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard (that's what I use now for Outlook since I
haven't had the need to keep the files on a seperate partition), but
that will just raise the size of my FaST file (I have about 1.5GB of
e-mail) drastically, slow down the process, plus I'm afraid it'll just
stick the file into the default location, forcing me to move it back
over the original and undoing the benefit of keeping it off the drive.
So, to recap: I want to keep my Outlook data (or at least e-mail) on a
seperate partition. I want a relatively simple way (I don't mind
messing with the Registry, though) to transfer all of my data to a
newly-formatted system without having to copy/overwrite/move the large
files that I kept on the seperate partition.
Once I know how to do this I'll migrate comfortably.
Thanks!
Jarrett