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How can I move Outlook mail and contacts from old computer?

by Trulee_Pist Jul 9, 2010 8:37AM PDT

I just bought a new computer. Old=Dell Inspiron running XP New=Toshiba Satellite running Win7.

Moving files, docs and software was no problem, but I can't figure out how to synch Outlook on my new computer with Outlook on my old computer. I want the new computer to have the mail and contacts currently on the old one.

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Re: moving Outlook

by Kees Bakker Jul 9, 2010 11:11PM PDT

Details might be different depending on the version of Outlook you have on the old system. Can you tell?

Kees

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Shifting Outlook mail and contacts to new computer

by Trulee_Pist Jul 10, 2010 1:30AM PDT

Good point! The old computer is running Outlook 2003, the new one Outlook 2007

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Re: moving Outlook 2003 data

by Kees Bakker Jul 10, 2010 6:04AM PDT

I find
http://www.adminspy.com/Windows-Tips/Outlook-configurations-and-file-locations.html
and
http://www.iclub.nl/article.php?story=20081031153041266
to have useful information on where Outlook 2003 stores all its data. That's a good start to get it.

By the way, did you try Microsofts own Windows Easy Transfer program. I don't exclude at all it's smart enough to know ALL about Microsofts own Outlook data.
http://www.google.com/search?q=moving+data+xp+windows+7 seems to give quite a few useful hits.

You might need to use a 2-step transfer:
1. From Outlook 2003 on XP to Outlook 2003 in Windows 7
2. From Outlook 2003 in Windows 7 to Outlook 2007 in Windows 7
I expect Easy Transfer to do at least step #1. And maybe step #2 isn't necessary at all.

Can you tell your experiences?

Kees

Kees