Moving Outlook files/data

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Had to replace a fried computer on our small network. When I installed Office
2000 on my new computer I must have set it up so my Outlook files are now
stored on the server, rather than locally on my workstation. As I'm not a
techie, any way to easily reconfigure and get my Calendar/E-mails/Contacts,
etc. all over from the server to my workstation... and have new/changes to
those also kept locally?
 
Which version did you install?
Internet Mail Only or Corp/Workgroup?
Did you keep track of where your Outlook data file is?
 
Russ,
In the About Outlook it says Corporate Or Workgroup. And, no I did NOT keep
an eye on where my data file is. I tried a search for .pst files both on my
workstation and on the server, but no such extensions were found on either
computer. I do have what I consider rather large data files somewhere, but I
couldn't even guess where Outlook has put them. If I can't just "move" my
files I'm thinking that if I can get Outlook set up to locally store the
files I can export my current data to a file and then import it into Outlook
and have it store it locally, no? Anyway, getting it set up locally seems to
be my current concern. Thanks for any help you might provide!
--
Stan


Russ Valentine said:
Which version did you install?
Internet Mail Only or Corp/Workgroup?
Did you keep track of where your Outlook data file is?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
Had to replace a fried computer on our small network. When I installed
Office
2000 on my new computer I must have set it up so my Outlook files are now
stored on the server, rather than locally on my workstation. As I'm not a
techie, any way to easily reconfigure and get my
Calendar/E-mails/Contacts,
etc. all over from the server to my workstation... and have new/changes to
those also kept locally?
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Outlook didn't do anything. Your data files will still be where they always
were and they would never be on a server unless you were using Exchange.
Look again. PST files are hidden files on some OS. You did not specify your
Operating System.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
Russ,
In the About Outlook it says Corporate Or Workgroup. And, no I did NOT
keep
an eye on where my data file is. I tried a search for .pst files both on
my
workstation and on the server, but no such extensions were found on either
computer. I do have what I consider rather large data files somewhere, but
I
couldn't even guess where Outlook has put them. If I can't just "move" my
files I'm thinking that if I can get Outlook set up to locally store the
files I can export my current data to a file and then import it into
Outlook
and have it store it locally, no? Anyway, getting it set up locally seems
to
be my current concern. Thanks for any help you might provide!
--
Stan


Russ Valentine said:
Which version did you install?
Internet Mail Only or Corp/Workgroup?
Did you keep track of where your Outlook data file is?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
Had to replace a fried computer on our small network. When I installed
Office
2000 on my new computer I must have set it up so my Outlook files are
now
stored on the server, rather than locally on my workstation. As I'm not
a
techie, any way to easily reconfigure and get my
Calendar/E-mails/Contacts,
etc. all over from the server to my workstation... and have new/changes
to
those also kept locally?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I'm using XP-Professional on my workstation. Exchange Server is on the
server. I believe I have my computer to NOT hide files, or extensions and I
cannot find any PST files on my computer or on the server. Note: I cannot
seem to get my contacts if I'm not connected to the server... ergo I feel my
files are on the server. But I know not where. And I want to get them all
onto my local workstation's hard drive.
--
Stan


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook didn't do anything. Your data files will still be where they always
were and they would never be on a server unless you were using Exchange.
Look again. PST files are hidden files on some OS. You did not specify your
Operating System.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
Russ,
In the About Outlook it says Corporate Or Workgroup. And, no I did NOT
keep
an eye on where my data file is. I tried a search for .pst files both on
my
workstation and on the server, but no such extensions were found on either
computer. I do have what I consider rather large data files somewhere, but
I
couldn't even guess where Outlook has put them. If I can't just "move" my
files I'm thinking that if I can get Outlook set up to locally store the
files I can export my current data to a file and then import it into
Outlook
and have it store it locally, no? Anyway, getting it set up locally seems
to
be my current concern. Thanks for any help you might provide!
--
Stan


Russ Valentine said:
Which version did you install?
Internet Mail Only or Corp/Workgroup?
Did you keep track of where your Outlook data file is?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Had to replace a fried computer on our small network. When I installed
Office
2000 on my new computer I must have set it up so my Outlook files are
now
stored on the server, rather than locally on my workstation. As I'm not
a
techie, any way to easily reconfigure and get my
Calendar/E-mails/Contacts,
etc. all over from the server to my workstation... and have new/changes
to
those also kept locally?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
If you are running against Exchange Server than your data belongs in your
Exchange mailbox. You would not and should not be using a PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
I'm using XP-Professional on my workstation. Exchange Server is on the
server. I believe I have my computer to NOT hide files, or extensions and
I
cannot find any PST files on my computer or on the server. Note: I cannot
seem to get my contacts if I'm not connected to the server... ergo I feel
my
files are on the server. But I know not where. And I want to get them all
onto my local workstation's hard drive.
--
Stan


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook didn't do anything. Your data files will still be where they
always
were and they would never be on a server unless you were using Exchange.
Look again. PST files are hidden files on some OS. You did not specify
your
Operating System.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Stan said:
Russ,
In the About Outlook it says Corporate Or Workgroup. And, no I did NOT
keep
an eye on where my data file is. I tried a search for .pst files both
on
my
workstation and on the server, but no such extensions were found on
either
computer. I do have what I consider rather large data files somewhere,
but
I
couldn't even guess where Outlook has put them. If I can't just "move"
my
files I'm thinking that if I can get Outlook set up to locally store
the
files I can export my current data to a file and then import it into
Outlook
and have it store it locally, no? Anyway, getting it set up locally
seems
to
be my current concern. Thanks for any help you might provide!
--
Stan


:

Which version did you install?
Internet Mail Only or Corp/Workgroup?
Did you keep track of where your Outlook data file is?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Had to replace a fried computer on our small network. When I
installed
Office
2000 on my new computer I must have set it up so my Outlook files
are
now
stored on the server, rather than locally on my workstation. As I'm
not
a
techie, any way to easily reconfigure and get my
Calendar/E-mails/Contacts,
etc. all over from the server to my workstation... and have
new/changes
to
those also kept locally?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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