restoring contacts in Office 2003

[BarTab]

I backed up contacts and email before a major motherboard failure.The file is
*.pst. How do I restore it to Outlook? I am a novice user. Thanks for any/all
help.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I backed up contacts and email before a major motherboard failure.The
file is *.pst. How do I restore it to Outlook? I am a novice user.
Thanks for any/all help.

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[BarTab]

Thank you, Brian!!

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Jonereb]

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I'm also having trouble restoring folders I created in my personal folders.
I've tried copying these folders from a CD to My Documents, then importing.
Nothing happens. I managed to restore my contacts, but these other folders
aren't working. What am I doing wrong.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Anywhere you look here you will see what you are doing wrong. You never
import Outlook data.
You copy your PST file to a location on your hard drive, then open it in
Outlook.
Instructions:
File > Open > Outlook Data File...

 

[Jonereb]

Thanks, Russ. That works. But everytime I open a folder, a new "personal
folder" is created. I'm simply dragging my folders to he personal folder at
the top to keep them organized. How can I delete these
additional/unnecessary personal folders?

 

[Jonereb]

Nevermind, I found it: right click > close personal folders. Duh.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Right. Once you open the file you then have two choices:
1. Copy what you want from it into your current default file, then close it.
2. Reset the file to be your default and then close the first file (requires
a restart).