Moving email to new install?
Posted by admin on Apr 30th, 2007
I had Vista installed on one drive, working for a few weeks, and then it completely crashed. I decided to use a different drive and do a clean install.I use Outlook for email. What do I need to move from the old drive to the new installation???
May 4th, 2007 at 05:40 pm
Here is what I did...Install Outlook Run it once and set up an email account (anyone that you use.) You have to do this to create an Outlook.pst file in the user profile you are using. Close Outlook Replace your newly created outlook.pst file with the old one This will replace all of your user created folders, contacts, etc... you will however have to set up all of your email accounts again and your inbox rules. I couldn't find a way to get these to import. The importer in the file menu doesn't have an option for Outlook.Cheers, Benny"MrBruce" wrote:
May 7th, 2007 at 02:38 am
Thanks, Benny... unfortunately, I don't HAVE an outlook.pst file on the old (good data) drive! Any other ideas?~Bruce"Benny" wrote:
May 11th, 2007 at 03:05 pm
Do you actually not have one, or can you not find one with Vista?Sometimes searching for files with Vista doesn't always show you what is actually there. If this is a possibility, navigate to the /user/<your account name>/appdata/microsoft/outlook directory on the old drive and see if you can actually see the file. Do this as an administrator. If the file is there, your good to go otherwise, you'll have to start from scratch.Benny"MrBruce" wrote:
May 15th, 2007 at 05:09 pm
Thanks, Benny! I finally managed to get into a recent backup, and was able to resurrect not only my email and settings, but all my Favorites for IE as well. Thanks for taking the timne to help!!!~ Bruce"Benny" wrote: