Moving to a new computer

[Steve Freides]

I've got to switch around several computers today, and that includes
moving Outlook. My wife's W98/Outlook 2002 machine is getting replaced
by my XP/2003 machine, and I'm getting a new XP/2003 machine, so we need
to move my stuff, get rid of it on my machine, and move her stuff to my
machine.

How do I go about finding the necessary files and what import/export
must I do so that everyone's email ends up where it's supposed to? I
have access to a network drive onto which I can easily copy files from
the "old" machines then bring down to the "new" machines if that makes
things easier but the machines cannot see each other.

Thanks in advance.

-S-

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've got to switch around several computers today, and that includes
moving Outlook. My wife's W98/Outlook 2002 machine is getting
replaced by my XP/2003 machine, and I'm getting a new XP/2003
machine, so we need to move my stuff, get rid of it on my machine,
and move her stuff to my machine.

How do I go about finding the necessary files and what import/export
must I do so that everyone's email ends up where it's supposed to? I
have access to a network drive onto which I can easily copy files from
the "old" machines then bring down to the "new" machines if that makes
things easier but the machines cannot see each other.

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm describes all the Outlook files.
Copying some of them is nice, but unnecessary. The only file you really
need to worry about is the PST. See here:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm

Don't use export/import. Just follow the advice to copy the PST.