Different experience here in the past. New/different motherboard. Wiped XP
partition, clean installed XP, and all apps including Office 2K. Outlook
backup.pst on another partition. Using Outlook import selection, imported
said pst file. It recreated all former email, appointments, contacts.
There are 3 options in regards to importing a pst file in Outlook. I use
the full overwrite option in a new install. If I restore a backup image of
XP which contains Office 2K from a previous time, I use the option not to
overwrite any currently existing stuff during the import of the pst file.
The outlook backup.pst file is done by the optional backup for Outlook for
Office 2K. The location of the pst file is optional. The outlook backup
option is a download from MS.
Probably go with another new XP clean install on a bare partition, after
imaging my current XP partition. Will see if the import selection works or
not in Outlook in Office 2003. If not, I have an image backup for
restoration.
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Noncompliant
Money don't wag the dog's tail.
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
Peter - NEVER import a .pst file.
First, if the OP uninstalls 2000 and installs 2003, the .pst file will be
found.
Second - if the OP wants to reconnect any .pst file, the correct method to
do so is to OPEN it using Outlook's File->Open->Outlook Data File.
Would you import a Word document to open it in Word? Likewise, would you
import an Excel spreadsheet to open it in Excel? Outlook's native file
format is .pst - why would you import a native file format?
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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reading.
After furious head scratching, Peter Foldes asked:
| I checked all of the Outlook newsgroups and did not find you post
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| If you Upgrade then there is no problems with Outlook. If you decide
| to install Outlook 2003 as a clean install you would need to import
| the saved */.pst files that you have saved from Outlook 2000,
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| Also it would be better to post to the Outlook newsgroup for a more
| precise answer
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| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general
| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
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| || First of all, I did try microsoft.public.outlook newsgroup.
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|| The question is regarding installation of Office 2003.
|| I currently have Office 2000 installed.
|| One person recommended installing over 2000.
|| One person recommended deinstalling 2000, and installing 2003.
|| The 2nd recommendation sounds safest, though neither are MVPs.
|| My follow-up questions were:
|| Does MS have a cleaning tool for post deinstall of Office 2000?
|| Will Outlook 2003 properly restore all my email, contacts, and
|| appointments using the Outlook 2000 outlook backup.pst file?
||
|| OS is XP HE SP2.
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|| Thanks for anyone willing to help out.
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|| Noncompliant
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|| Money don't wag the dog's tail.
