Recovering Outlook stuff
 

My Dad's HDD is failing quite rapidly so I got a new HDD and installed everything including MS outlook XP and now I'd like to retrieve Outlook XP files and emails from the old hdd. It is on this system as a slave as it don't boot into it no more and where should I be looking ?

Cheers

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

If you can open outlook off the old hdd

click file then import export and select export to file.
Then on new install import from said file

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

I'll try that

Cheers
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It doesn't work. Searched for an PST and OST but nothing on the old hdd at all.

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

Can you open outlook from this drive?? should be in program files\ microsoft office\outlook.exe it might run,if it does then try,to be honest I don't know which files are what in outlook if it was outlook express i would have known (not much help sorry :D )

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it opens but it like a brand new install ???? wierd.

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have a look for a msocache folder somewhere in hidden files, I have no idea if theres anything there that will help but who knows lol

I don't really know much about outlook just thought i might try a shot in the dark,Im sure someone who knows will be along soon :D


http://office.microsoft.com/training...RC010970841033

try this link

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

did you search for files called:

"pst" or "*.pst" ?

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

For your emails, search for *.dbx, check that it will search hidden and system folders in the search options.

If you come across an error, which i can't exactly remember, you can still recover the emails from inside the *.dbx with OE-Mail recovery.

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okey dokey I'll look for the .dbx files. 8.pst files weren't found. Cheers for the suggestion.

Nope nothing ? I am not to worry since his contacts which are most important have been backed up to a cd.

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

I am having a similar problem (although it is only my wife who uses lookout :rolleyes: .

I think the only way to do this is to boot off of the old drive, export the files, then boot off the new drive and import them.

If anyone finds a better way - let me know (I have also searched for .pst and.dbx files etc)

Re: Recovering Outlook stuff
 

Outlook by default creates outlook.pst in the Documents and Settings folder .... make sure that your search criteria will search all system and hidden directories (check the options).