B
Brad
Hello good folks!
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
I recently suffered a HDD failure (according to D3ll "Support" and their HDD diagnostic read test results), so I bought 2 new 500 GB drives, installed as RAID 1, and reloaded everything... including a clean MS Outlook 2003. Just for grins, I loaded my "DEAD per D3ll" HDD into an external enclosure, and what da ya know... the old HDD is accessible... for now.
My Challenge: Before the HDD crash, I backed up my Outlook files to the "dead" HDD's Windows XP Pro desktop. I have access to the full Outlook program and .pst files... along with the back up files on the old drive. I've also transfered the back up files onto the new HDD desktop. Now I need to import all the .pst files into the new/empty Outlook program on the new drive(s). But, uh oh... the import request requires a password for import. I tried all 4 passwords I ever used in life... to no avail. I definitely don't remember entering a password to back up the files... nor do I remember one being requested or required. I don't even recall entering a password at the time I set up the previous Outlook.
My Question: Is there a way to import the .pst, or at least the personal folder files, from any of the 3 sources I described... without the "lost" password?
Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!
Thanks in advance for your guidance.
I recently suffered a HDD failure (according to D3ll "Support" and their HDD diagnostic read test results), so I bought 2 new 500 GB drives, installed as RAID 1, and reloaded everything... including a clean MS Outlook 2003. Just for grins, I loaded my "DEAD per D3ll" HDD into an external enclosure, and what da ya know... the old HDD is accessible... for now.
My Challenge: Before the HDD crash, I backed up my Outlook files to the "dead" HDD's Windows XP Pro desktop. I have access to the full Outlook program and .pst files... along with the back up files on the old drive. I've also transfered the back up files onto the new HDD desktop. Now I need to import all the .pst files into the new/empty Outlook program on the new drive(s). But, uh oh... the import request requires a password for import. I tried all 4 passwords I ever used in life... to no avail. I definitely don't remember entering a password to back up the files... nor do I remember one being requested or required. I don't even recall entering a password at the time I set up the previous Outlook.
My Question: Is there a way to import the .pst, or at least the personal folder files, from any of the 3 sources I described... without the "lost" password?
Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!