New hard drive

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Gonzo White

I purchased a new hard drive. Installed XP and Office XP.
All of my outlook files on now on a backup hard drive.
How can I move all the files to the new hard drive so that the new Outlook
has all my old files.

I can't find any of the data files for outlook.
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If you intend to keep the old hard drive for storage, just point Outlook to
the old .pst file on the old hard drive.

Close Outlook. Rename the new .pst file. Open Outlook and when it
complains, point it to the location of your old .pst file. It will use this
one for new mails and all storage of your Outlook data.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gonzo White asked:

| I purchased a new hard drive. Installed XP and Office XP.
| All of my outlook files on now on a backup hard drive.
| How can I move all the files to the new hard drive so that the new
| Outlook has all my old files.
|
| I can't find any of the data files for outlook.
 
G

Gonzo White

Sheesh, I thought I knew something about computers. This is making me feel
stupid.

I did a search for .pst files then a search using *.pst. Got nada.

where would these files be?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Enable searching hidden/system files.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gonzo White asked:

| Sheesh, I thought I knew something about computers. This is making
| me feel stupid.
|
| I did a search for .pst files then a search using *.pst. Got nada.
|
| where would these files be?
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || If you intend to keep the old hard drive for storage, just point
|| Outlook to the old .pst file on the old hard drive.
||
|| Close Outlook. Rename the new .pst file. Open Outlook and when it
|| complains, point it to the location of your old .pst file. It will
|| use this one for new mails and all storage of your Outlook data.
||
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gonzo White
|| asked:
||
||| I purchased a new hard drive. Installed XP and Office XP.
||| All of my outlook files on now on a backup hard drive.
||| How can I move all the files to the new hard drive so that the new
||| Outlook has all my old files.
|||
||| I can't find any of the data files for outlook.
 
B

Brian Tillman

Gonzo White said:
Did that,, still couldn't find anything.
Click to expand...

The default location for PSTs is C:\Documents and Settings\Local
Settngs\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I take it, though, that you've
replaced the HD. and it's now a D or E drive letter. Look in ththe above
folder, but on the appropriate drive. Check again to make sure you've
enabled showing hidden files and folders (Control Panel>Appearance and
Themes>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files and folders).
 
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Gonzo White

Well that helped a lot. I found the files on drive C.
But on my old hard drive in the same spot there is only a
nk2 (office data) file.
I tried to get office to inport the files but it will not even look at that
drive

Can I just change the name? and if so how do I change the nk2 to a .pst?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

You can't - the n2k file is your resolved email addresses used for
autocomplete. The .pst file is all of your data (contacts, calendar, tasks,
etc.) they are not interchangeable.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Gonzo White asked:

| Well that helped a lot. I found the files on drive C.
| But on my old hard drive in the same spot there is only a
| nk2 (office data) file.
| I tried to get office to inport the files but it will not even look
| at that drive
|
| Can I just change the name? and if so how do I change the nk2 to a
| .pst?
|
|
|
| ||
||| Did that,, still couldn't find anything.
||
|| The default location for PSTs is C:\Documents and Settings\Local
|| Settngs\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I take it, though, that
|| you've replaced the HD. and it's now a D or E drive letter. Look in
|| ththe above folder, but on the appropriate drive. Check again to
|| make sure you've enabled showing hidden files and folders (Control
|| Panel>Appearance and Themes>Folder Options>View>Show hidden files
|| and folders). --
|| Brian Tillman
 
B

Brian Tillman

Gonzo White said:
Well that helped a lot. I found the files on drive C.
But on my old hard drive in the same spot there is only a
nk2 (office data) file.
Click to expand...

Did you search your entire old drive? If not, do so, looking for *.pst. If
you don't find a file with that file type, you are Plain Out Of Luck (tm).
 
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