Importing Outlook 2002 Contacts and Personal Folders after Crash

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Michael Samsen

After a major hard drive crash, I had to install a new primary hard drive
and reinstall Windows XP. Fortunately the data was preserved on the old
drive and I can read it. Unfortunately, I cannot run Outlook on the old
drive to export my Contacts, Personal Folders, Etc.

Is there a way to manually transfer that information?

Thanks,
Mike
 
Of course. Exporting is not a good way to do this anyway. The file you need
is your Personal Folders file (*.pst). It's where all the mail, calendar,
contacts etc. are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
 
Thanks. I located that file by searching on *.pst on the old drive. But,
when I tried opening it with the newly installed Outlook said that it was
not a valid Outlook data file. (Strangely, when I look at its properties, it
says it is Outlook.NK2, not Outlook.pst. Then I tried running scanpst to fix
it. It found two errors. But, after "fixing" the file, Outlook still does
not recognize it as a valid Outlook data file.

Any other ideas??

Thanks again!


Mike

Russ Valentine said:
Of course. Exporting is not a good way to do this anyway. The file you need
is your Personal Folders file (*.pst). It's where all the mail, calendar,
contacts etc. are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Michael Samsen said:
After a major hard drive crash, I had to install a new primary hard drive
and reinstall Windows XP. Fortunately the data was preserved on the old
drive and I can read it. Unfortunately, I cannot run Outlook on the old
drive to export my Contacts, Personal Folders, Etc.

Is there a way to manually transfer that information?

Thanks,
Mike
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You got the wrong file. An NK2 file is the autocompletion cache.

You need the file with a *.pst extension.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Michael Samsen said:
Thanks. I located that file by searching on *.pst on the old drive. But,
when I tried opening it with the newly installed Outlook said that it was
not a valid Outlook data file. (Strangely, when I look at its properties, it
says it is Outlook.NK2, not Outlook.pst. Then I tried running scanpst to fix
it. It found two errors. But, after "fixing" the file, Outlook still does
not recognize it as a valid Outlook data file.

Any other ideas??

Thanks again!


Mike

Russ Valentine said:
Of course. Exporting is not a good way to do this anyway. The file you need
is your Personal Folders file (*.pst). It's where all the mail, calendar,
contacts etc. are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Michael Samsen said:
After a major hard drive crash, I had to install a new primary hard drive
and reinstall Windows XP. Fortunately the data was preserved on the old
drive and I can read it. Unfortunately, I cannot run Outlook on the old
drive to export my Contacts, Personal Folders, Etc.

Is there a way to manually transfer that information?

Thanks,
Mike
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