Importing Data from Backup

[lgoler]

I'm trying to bring in my contacts and calendar from my old computer to
my new one, and have copied the data into a file and put in on cd. The
file is an Outlook Data File as confirmed by Explorer. When I copy the
file into the Local Settings-->Microsoft-->Outlook folder, it appears
there as having the same file size. But when I try to open it within
Outlook, either through the import function, or simply file-->Open Data
File, nothing happens, and it simply creates a new personal folder with
nothing in it. I know that it copied the data because I watched while
it said copying "calendar" and "contacts". Am I doing something wrong?

Microsoft XP
Outlook 2003

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm trying to bring in my contacts and calendar from my old computer
to my new one, and have copied the data into a file and put in on cd.
The file is an Outlook Data File as confirmed by Explorer. When I
copy the file into the Local Settings-->Microsoft-->Outlook folder,
it appears there as having the same file size. But when I try to
open it within Outlook, either through the import function, or simply
file-->Open Data File, nothing happens, and it simply creates a new
personal folder with nothing in it.

Did you copy it back to your hard drive from the CD and remove the read-only
attribute?

I know that it copied the data
because I watched while it said copying "calendar" and "contacts".
Am I doing something wrong?

No correct method of backing up and restoring a PST ever shows those
messages. Describe exactly how your "backed up" and "restored" the PST.