Saved files to external backup drive and unable to retrieve

[D Anglesey]

I was running Windows 2000 Professional and was having problems because of a
virus so I decided to change my operating system to XP. Before doing so, I
copied all of my outlook files to an external drive. I did not do a backup
but just copied all of the files. When I tried to retrieve information from
these copied files, I clicked on outlook and it just takes me to my persent
version of outlook on my new XP version. Is there anyway to access the
copied files for information about my contacts and calendar items? Thanks, D
Anglesey

 

[MH]

You would get better help from one of the Outlook newsgroups, this group is
for working with external data within MS Access.