Importing contacts from outlook 2003

[Jim Hank]

I had a hard disk failure and had to reinstall my Windows XP Home Edition and
all Office applications. I have installed Outlook 2003 and need to import my
contacts from a backup copy located on another disk. Can I simply import the
*.pst files into the newly installed Outlook 2003? Will I have to re-create
all of the personal folders that I had on the previous system? I had a
Knowledge Base Q-article that had a complete description of this process, but
am not able to locate it. If anyone has this Q-number, please include it.
Thanks in advanced,
Jim

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Importing is not recommended. It will lose or misplace data.
Your options are simply to open your old PST and copy the Contacts from them
into your current PST or simply to reuse your former PST.
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

 

[Jim Hank]

Thanks for your excellent response.
Jim

Importing is not recommended. It will lose or misplace data.
Your options are simply to open your old PST and copy the Contacts from them
into your current PST or simply to reuse your former PST.
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


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I had a hard disk failure and had to reinstall my Windows XP Home Edition
and
all Office applications. I have installed Outlook 2003 and need to import
my
contacts from a backup copy located on another disk. Can I simply import
the
*.pst files into the newly installed Outlook 2003? Will I have to
re-create
all of the personal folders that I had on the previous system? I had a
Knowledge Base Q-article that had a complete description of this process,
but
am not able to locate it. If anyone has this Q-number, please include it.
Thanks in advanced,
Jim