MOVEMENT OF OUTLOOK 2000 FOLDERS TO SLAVE DRIVE

[Randy]

Does anybody know how (if possible) to move outlook 2000
mail folders and contacts listing to my 2nd hard-drive.
In the past 10 months I had my Master HD crash twice,
lost all my e-mail and contacts listing both times....
would like to put them on the 2nd HD so If my HD crashed,
I would not loose my e-mail and contacts.

 

[Trevor Gensch]

Yep, no problem at all. Just move them there and reopen outlook. When it
complains, just redirect it to where you have put the files.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

For Outlook 98 & 2000

- If the folder list is not visible, select View > Folder List.
- For each root folder, right click and select properties
- Select Advanced button.
- Note pathname/filename. (For the one that starts with Outlook Today
make a special notation)
- Click OK twice
- For each root folder that doesn't start with outlook today.
- Right click and select Close
- Close Outlook and any other mapi enable apps.
- Move all PSTs noted from above.
- Start Outlook.
- You will be presented with an error about the missing file and given a
change to locate it.
- Use the File Open dialog to locate the moved PST file. (Use the one that
we made a special notation for)
- Outlook will complain about the change in location and offer to rebuild
the outlook bar. Let it.
- Use File > Open > Personal Folder to open remaining PST files.
- Double check your Rules, since these have a tendency to get munged.


NOTE: The Journal get munged as well. At this time there is no way to
correct the links.

 

[CharieT]

The easiest way I know is to copy your "pst" file to the
other drive.

Not knowing your OS, you could do a search "*.pst" (don't
use the ""}. It will probably be in c:\windows or
c:\winnt. Simply copy the .pst file and paste it to a
folder on the other drive.

If you have a failure, you can then go the File\Import-
Export to restore it to an new Outlook installation. Of
course you should do this little chore weekly.

CharlieT