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I just installed a new hard drive and set my old one as a
slave. How can I retrieve my messages from the old drive
into Outlook on my new drive? I do not know where to llok
for the files on the old drive in explorer. My old drive
does not have a functiong OS.

Thanks
 
I just installed a new hard drive and set my old one as a
slave. How can I retrieve my messages from the old drive
into Outlook on my new drive? I do not know where to llok
for the files on the old drive in explorer. My old drive
does not have a functiong OS.
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First, you have to make all files visible, as the files you are
looking for are hidden. To do this, open Windows Explorer. On the
Tools menu, click on Folder Options... On the View tab, click 'Show
hidden files and folders'. Then, do a search for all *.pst on your old
drive. Copy them from your old drive to your new drive and you'll be
all set. The first time you open Outlook, you will be told that
Outlook can't find your .pst file. Use the browse function to locate
where it is on your new drive.

Actually, you don't HAVE to move your .pst files at all, if both
drives are going to be accessible to your system. Just find out where
the .pst files are & 'tell' your new drive by using the browse
function when Outlook asks for their location.

Good luck!
 
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First, you have to make all files visible, as the files you are
looking for are hidden. To do this, open Windows Explorer. On the
Tools menu, click on Folder Options... On the View tab, click 'Show
hidden files and folders'. Then, do a search for all *.pst on your old
drive. Copy them from your old drive to your new drive and you'll be
all set. The first time you open Outlook, you will be told that
Outlook can't find your .pst file. Use the browse function to locate
where it is on your new drive.

Actually, you don't HAVE to move your .pst files at all, if both
drives are going to be accessible to your system. Just find out where
the .pst files are & 'tell' your new drive by using the browse
function when Outlook asks for their location.

Good luck!
--
Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Thanks for your help. I selected to show hidden files
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but when I search it comes up empty. Any ideas?
 
You say yr old drive does'nt have a functioning OS, did you delete/format
this drive?
The default location for *.pst is
C:\Documents & Settings\<Username>\ Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook
If you formatted, you have lost them.
David
 
but when I search it comes up empty. Any ideas?
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You're searching for "*.pst" (without quotation marks) and you're not
finding anything?

If that's the case, you don't have a .pst file where you're looking.
 
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