I upgraded to outlook 2003, I can't see my old e-mails...

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Please assist... I just upgraded to Office/Outlook 2003 for school reasons.
I was perfectly happy with my Office 2000, but the university required the
2003. All the installation was done correctly, when I attempted to open
Outlook, it had me go to the control panel, click the mail icon, show
profiles, and create a profile. Anyway, I was able to get the Outlook going,
however, I do not see my old emails, which I need for variou reasons. How
can I bring the old e-mails back into my inbox and folders I had created?
 
Hi,

For personal users who do not have an Exchange Server, Outlook data is stored in Personal Folder files (*.pst). Outlook uses Personal Folder files to store Information such as
messages, contacts, calendar, etc. It sounds like in your case that a new .PST file was created at the time you created a new profile, but you should be able to find your previous .PST
file containing your old emails.

You need to search your entire hard drive for all *.PST files, then open each one in Outlook until you find the one that contains the email you are looking for. Once you've done that, you
can import the email into the new .PST file.

Please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles to learn more about Outlook data and Office program settings.

Q287070 OL2002: How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q287/0/70.asp>
Note: this article is also adapted to Outlook 2003.

Regards,

Scott Atkins MCSE, MCSA
Partner Technical Lead - Outlook
Microsoft Technical Support
for Platforms and Business Applications
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