how to import outlook backup file

originale · 06-04-2005, 12:02 PM

I have to do a recovery and have backed up Outlook to my external backup service. I am not sure how to re-open outlook and my messages. Somebody told me to import the file back into outlook. I seem to be able to do that and can see the file but still can't open it. there must be another step that I'm missing. Another person told me to open outlook and point the file there- didn't work.

so, how do you import teh outlook file with message and address book, etc back into outlook after a re-install so that you can read it all?

thanks

dan0703 · 06-05-2005, 06:24 AM

If you open control panel,

Click on Mail icon,

Click on Datafile

Then click add

Specify with type of file it is, usually it would be the first one

Then just select the folder where the .pst backup is located and it should work from there

originale · 06-06-2005, 07:23 PM

Did all that but still dont' see how you open that in outlook? This is the problem I always have- can save the file, see it, but nothing happens. How do I open it- and does it just add duplicate emails to what I already have- or replace them?

yustr · 06-07-2005, 12:02 PM

If the file is a .pst then use this method:

open outlook>file>import/export>import from another program or file>personal folder file (.pst)>now browse to the .pst file>double click>choose one of the buttons (replace duplicates, etc.)>pick the folders (make sure you check "include subfolders")>choose current folder or pick another one>finish.

jernelsingh · 06-07-2005, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yustr

If the file is a .pst then use this method:

open outlook>file>import/export>import from another program or file>personal folder file (.pst)>now browse to the .pst file>double click>choose one of the buttons (replace duplicates, etc.)>pick the folders (make sure you check "include subfolders")>choose current folder or pick another one>finish.

This is right way to import file

06-04-2005, 12:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
originale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 441 OS: winXP	how to import outlook backup file I have to do a recovery and have backed up Outlook to my external backup service. I am not sure how to re-open outlook and my messages. Somebody told me to import the file back into outlook. I seem to be able to do that and can see the file but still can't open it. there must be another step that I'm missing. Another person told me to open outlook and point the file there- didn't work. so, how do you import teh outlook file with message and address book, etc back into outlook after a re-install so that you can read it all? thanks

06-05-2005, 06:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
dan0703 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 1 OS: WindowsXP	Pointing Outlook to you backup file If you open control panel, Click on Mail icon, Click on Datafile Then click add Specify with type of file it is, usually it would be the first one Then just select the folder where the .pst backup is located and it should work from there

06-06-2005, 07:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
originale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 441 OS: winXP	didn't work Did all that but still dont' see how you open that in outlook? This is the problem I always have- can save the file, see it, but nothing happens. How do I open it- and does it just add duplicate emails to what I already have- or replace them?

06-07-2005, 12:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,052 OS: XP Pro My System	If the file is a .pst then use this method: open outlook>file>import/export>import from another program or file>personal folder file (.pst)>now browse to the .pst file>double click>choose one of the buttons (replace duplicates, etc.)>pick the folders (make sure you check "include subfolders")>choose current folder or pick another one>finish. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.