Upgrading from Outlook 2002 to Outlook 2003

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First, the assumptions.

1. I have a laptop (computer 1) running Outlook 2002 with only one Personal
Folder (oldoutlook.pst), which works swell.
2. I have a great detail of saved information in the following folders:
Calendar, Contacts, Drafts, Inbox (with subfolders), Sent Items, and Tasks.
3. I've just installed Outlook 2003 SP2 with Business Contact Manager Update
SP1 on a new desktop (computer 2).
4. I want to move all of my saved information from Outlook 2002 stored in
the Personal Folder (oldoutlook.pst) to an Outlook 2003 personal folder.
5. I'm bright enough to know how to find the location of my oldoutlook.pst
file, copy it to CD, then to my new desktop (computer 2) in the appropriate
location.
6. When I'm done, I only want one Outlook 2003 personal folder with all of
my saved information listed in number 2, above.

Now here is my question. What is the best, most full proof way to migrate
all of the saved data?

Thanks a bunch!

Regards,

Joseph Lombardi
Phone: 614.477.9849
(e-mail address removed)
 
Joseph Lombardi said:
First, the assumptions. ....snip...
Now here is my question. What is the best, most full proof way to
migrate all of the saved data?
Click to expand...

You have two choices. The easiest is to just upgrade. Outlook 2003 will
simply reuse all of your current data just as it is. You may have to create
a new mail profile, and there's evidence (other notes in the OL newsgroups)
that OL 2003's install will always create a new PST, but I didn't have any
problem, so you probably won't. You are still under the size constraint of
the ANSI-format PST (2 GB) with this option.

The second choice is to create a new Unicode-format PST and then copy/move
all your old folder data to the new PST. I took this option soon after I
upgraded. Non-default folders can be copied in their entirety by folder
name. Default folders must be opened and their contents copied (or moved).
Write back if you need detailed descriptions.
 
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