PST File missing

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Werner Stern

My system crashed. I had copied my "C" drive to another logical drive and
when I reinstalled Windows XP all my Outlook data was, of course, not there
in new Outlook.

Where can I find it and how do I copy it over?

Thanks.
 
Do a file search on the logical drive you copied your c drive over to for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same folder on
your c drive.
 
Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to the same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST which is an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it somewhere else and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST. Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
 
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not needed, he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done this
many times without incident.


Russ Valentine said:
Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to the same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST which is an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it somewhere else and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST. Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Do a file search on the logical drive you copied your c drive over to for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same folder on
your c drive.
 
It's still not recommended. You've been lucky so far. Sooner or later you'll
end up with a corrupt PST or missing settings. This method is not supported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not needed, he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done this
many times without incident.


Russ Valentine said:
Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to the same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST which is an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it somewhere else and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST. Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Do a file search on the logical drive you copied your c drive over to for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same folder on
your c drive.

My system crashed. I had copied my "C" drive to another logical
drive
and
when I reinstalled Windows XP all my Outlook data was, of course, not
there
in new Outlook.

Where can I find it and how do I copy it over?

Thanks.
 
I guess I've been lucky for about 5 years then...Gotta go buy a lotto
ticket!


Russ Valentine said:
It's still not recommended. You've been lucky so far. Sooner or later you'll
end up with a corrupt PST or missing settings. This method is not supported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not
needed,
he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done this
many times without incident.


else
and to
for
folder
 
Field some more questions in this group. You'll soon discover how lucky
you've been. Overwriting PST's is just a bad idea.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
I guess I've been lucky for about 5 years then...Gotta go buy a lotto
ticket!


Russ Valentine said:
It's still not recommended. You've been lucky so far. Sooner or later you'll
end up with a corrupt PST or missing settings. This method is not supported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not
needed,
he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done this
many times without incident.


Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to the same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST which
is
an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it somewhere else
and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST.
Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Do a file search on the logical drive you copied your c drive over to
for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same
folder
on
your c drive.

My system crashed. I had copied my "C" drive to another logical drive
and
when I reinstalled Windows XP all my Outlook data was, of
course,
not
there
in new Outlook.

Where can I find it and how do I copy it over?

Thanks.
 
Been fielding questions here off & on for some time.

To further explain my point:

I've done this each and every time I've re-formatted and reinstalled my
system (about every 6 months since I have a machine that is for testing
purposes only). I've done it with fresh installs of Outlook (which is what
the original post indicated was the situation).

If (with a fresh OL install), you replace the standard "Outlook.pst" with a
backup of a previous one, the only problem (if you could call it that) is
that OL will prompt you to rebuild your shortcut icons in the Outlook Bar.

I'm not disputing that MS may recommend against it, I'm simply stating that
in my experience doing it (probably 15 - 20 times) it will not be an issue.


Russ Valentine said:
Field some more questions in this group. You'll soon discover how lucky
you've been. Overwriting PST's is just a bad idea.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
I guess I've been lucky for about 5 years then...Gotta go buy a lotto
ticket!


Russ Valentine said:
It's still not recommended. You've been lucky so far. Sooner or later you'll
end up with a corrupt PST or missing settings. This method is not supported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not needed,
he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done this
many times without incident.


Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to the same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST which
is
an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it
somewhere
else
and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST.
Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
over
to
for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same folder
on
your c drive.

My system crashed. I had copied my "C" drive to another logical
drive
and
when I reinstalled Windows XP all my Outlook data was, of course,
not
there
in new Outlook.

Where can I find it and how do I copy it over?

Thanks.
 
Other things you will lose include any Contacts links, information stored in
hidden messages, and the connection to the Outlook Address Book Service.
Another simple way to switch to another PST that seems to work better (but
is also unsupported) is simply to rename the new default PST while Outlook
is closed, then when Outlook opens and it says it can't find its PST,
redirect it to your old one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
Been fielding questions here off & on for some time.

To further explain my point:

I've done this each and every time I've re-formatted and reinstalled my
system (about every 6 months since I have a machine that is for testing
purposes only). I've done it with fresh installs of Outlook (which is what
the original post indicated was the situation).

If (with a fresh OL install), you replace the standard "Outlook.pst" with a
backup of a previous one, the only problem (if you could call it that) is
that OL will prompt you to rebuild your shortcut icons in the Outlook Bar.

I'm not disputing that MS may recommend against it, I'm simply stating that
in my experience doing it (probably 15 - 20 times) it will not be an issue.


Russ Valentine said:
Field some more questions in this group. You'll soon discover how lucky
you've been. Overwriting PST's is just a bad idea.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Scott M. said:
I guess I've been lucky for about 5 years then...Gotta go buy a lotto
ticket!


It's still not recommended. You've been lucky so far. Sooner or later
you'll
end up with a corrupt PST or missing settings. This method is not
supported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Assuming that the new "outlook.pst" is empty and is therefore not
needed,
he
should be able to just replace that one with his old one. I've done
this
many times without incident.


Correct on the PST file part, but do NOT just copy it over to
the
same
folder on the new drive. That will overwrite the current PST
which
is
an
good way to corrupt the file or settings. Instead copy it somewhere
else
and
configure the new installation to use it instead of its current PST.
Method
depends on the Outlook version, which was not posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Do a file search on the logical drive you copied your c drive over
to
for
the file Outlook.pst. Take that file and put it into the same
folder
on
your c drive.

My system crashed. I had copied my "C" drive to another logical
drive
and
when I reinstalled Windows XP all my Outlook data was, of course,
not
there
in new Outlook.

Where can I find it and how do I copy it over?

Thanks.
 
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