Upgrading Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2002 - data lost?

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Alex in Florida

I have the software to upgrade my Outlook 2000 to Outlook
2002, and am concerned about losing my appointments,
contacts, and settings (rules, views). If I upgrade, will
Outlook 2002 detect my settings before it "removes the
previous version"?

I'd really appreciate some help - I'm a little bored
waiting for the hurricane so I'm hoping to occupy myself
with this...
 
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Data is never removed with an upgrade. The connection to your data may well
be lost, but can easily be reset if that's the case. You should already be
backing up your Outlook regularly. The file you need to back up is your
Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts
etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
 
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Alex in Florida

Russ,

So if I've never backed up Outlook before, I should do
that and then upgrade Outlook? Thanks for your reply!

Alex

-----Original Message-----
Data is never removed with an upgrade. The connection to your data may well
be lost, but can easily be reset if that's the case. You should already be
backing up your Outlook regularly. The file you need to back up is your
Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts
etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have the software to upgrade my Outlook 2000 to Outlook
2002, and am concerned about losing my appointments,
contacts, and settings (rules, views). If I upgrade, will
Outlook 2002 detect my settings before it "removes the
previous version"?

I'd really appreciate some help - I'm a little bored
waiting for the hurricane so I'm hoping to occupy myself
with this...
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Right. Just make a copy of your PST file as described in the article. If you
have any problems after the upgrade, we can set it straight.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Alex in Florida said:
Russ,

So if I've never backed up Outlook before, I should do
that and then upgrade Outlook? Thanks for your reply!

Alex

-----Original Message-----
Data is never removed with an upgrade. The connection to your data may well
be lost, but can easily be reset if that's the case. You should already be
backing up your Outlook regularly. The file you need to back up is your
Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail, calendar, contacts
etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have the software to upgrade my Outlook 2000 to Outlook
2002, and am concerned about losing my appointments,
contacts, and settings (rules, views). If I upgrade, will
Outlook 2002 detect my settings before it "removes the
previous version"?

I'd really appreciate some help - I'm a little bored
waiting for the hurricane so I'm hoping to occupy myself
with this...
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