Outlook 2002 .pst to OL 2003

[GG]

I am trying to migrate my data from an old machine running Outlook 2002 to a
new machine running Outlook 2003. I can export the file from the old
machine to a jumpdrive and plug it in to my new machine, but when I try to
import the file nothing happens. I can go all the way through the
Import/Export Wizard and hit Finish, but the data is not in my Personal
Folders. Do you have any idea where I might be going wrong? Thanks.

GG

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

DO NOT import unless you want your Outlook profile corrupted. Move your
Outlook message store file from the old computer to the new one and reuse
it:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
Reconnect your old Outlook data file

Hal
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[GG]

Thanks for the reply. Does this take into account that the two .pst files
are in a different format? thanks.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

You can continue to use your old (ANSI format) .PST file, or you can copy
(NOT Import) your data from the old .PST file to a new Unicode format .PST
file.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

 

[Brian Tillman]

how does one copy from the old PST to the new uniocde one?
is it just a matter of dragging the folders over from one to the
other?

For the non-default folders, yes. For the default folders, no. The method
has been posted numerous times. See:
<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/fe4f6aecf94baeff>

 

[moishie]

For the non-default folders, yes. For the default folders, no. The method
has been posted numerous times. See

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Thanks Brian - ai appreciate the time you have given me.
What does it mean exactly default and non-default? are these default/non
default mail folders only?
i see i can copy over the calendar items by changing to list view. but what
about contacts?

Many thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman]

What does it mean exactly default and non-default? are these
default/non default mail folders only?

The default folders are the ones Outlook creates automatically: Calendar,
Contacts, Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, Junk E-mail (for some
versions of Outlook), Notes, Outbox, Sent Items, and Tasks. The non-default
ones are those you created yourself.

i see i can copy over the calendar items by changing to list view.
but what about contacts?

In Contacts, just use CTRL-A, as in most folders. Calendar is the only one
for which you may need to change the view.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks Brian - it took me a while, but as you say - not too difficult.

Good to hear you've sorted it out. You're now an official Outlook expert.