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Technology Tip of the Week - April 16, 2007

Restoring Your Outlook 2003 E-Mail

Last week we looked at the process for backing up (exporting) your e-mail messages, calendar and contacts from Outlook 2003. If you are transferring this data to a new computer or a new hard drive, you can simply restore (import) the backup file. If you have followed the steps last week to backup your Outlook data, restoring is simple. All you do is copy the backup PST file(s) into the folder that you located when you initially backed up your work.

If you are transferring your backup file to a new Outlook installation then you'll have to verify the location that was designated to hold your Personal Folders. (Note: If for any reason you are planning on restoring your backup on the original computer hard drive keep in mind that if you overwrite your existing PST file with your backup PST file, any new data since the time of the backup will be deleted. If you have recent data that is not on the backup copy of your PST file and you don't want to lose the recent data, then you can use the "Import" command again to add data instead of overwriting data.)

To restore to a new computer or hard drive:

  1. Locate the pst files by right-clicking on the Outlook Today icon  found in your Outlook shortcuts, or the Outlook Today icon found in your folder list and then left-click Properties.
  2. Once the Personal Folders Properties dialog box is displayed, click the Advanced.... button.
    personal folders properties screen
  3. The Path:  shown below by the red arrow, indicates where your Personal Folder file can be found. Write this path down.
    Graphic showing the path of the outlook pst file          
  4. From the menu bar in Outlook, click on File - Import and Export...
  5. Select the "Import from another program or file" and click "Next>".

     
  6. Highlight "Personal Folder File (.pst)" and click "Next>".
    select Personal Folder File graphic
  7. Browse to the PST file that you desire to import, and click "Next>". Note that this backup file may be on your USB drive, a zip disk or a CD, depending on where you originally copied it.
    file to import screen
  8. If needed, repeat the process for other PST files such as your archive.pst.

Voila! Everything is back to normal.

For more help with these features, please contact one of the IT Instructional Support team (Norm Grant, Gene Grande or Linda Beith) or faculty mentors Tony Basilico or Kathy Beauchene.

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These tips are provided by the Department of Information Technology instructional support team. If you have any questions on these tips, or wish to offer your own, please feel free to contact Linda Beith at lbeith@ccri.edu or call 825-2487. View an archive of past technology tips at http://it.ccri.edu/Training/Tips/tip_week.shtml.
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