I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new PC. (It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd backed-up and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few old emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails, nor the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've installed all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is driving me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks for your
time.

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails, nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is driving me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks for
your
time.

Thanks for getting back to me. However, I've tried opening the old data file
by choosing Outlook from the list of programmes, but when I do that, I get a
message saying the operation has failed.

"DL" wrote:

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails, nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is driving me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks for
your
time.

You have to open within OL and not via explorer
ie start OL then open, from OL

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
Thanks for getting back to me. However, I've tried opening the old data
file
by choosing Outlook from the list of programmes, but when I do that, I get
a
message saying the operation has failed.

"DL" wrote:

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd
backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails,
nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've
installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is driving
me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
for
your
time.

I've tried doing that, and I get a message that reads: 'An error has occurred
in the script on this page. Line 298. Char. 1. Error Access is denied. Code 0
URL; outlook://Personal%20Folders/' It then asks if I want to continue
running scripts on this page, and whether I answer yes or no makes no
difference. I hope this makes sense to you. Thanks for your help.

"DL" wrote:

You have to open within OL and not via explorer
ie start OL then open, from OL

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
Thanks for getting back to me. However, I've tried opening the old data
file
by choosing Outlook from the list of programmes, but when I do that, I get
a
message saying the operation has failed.

"DL" wrote:

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd
backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails,
nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've
installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is driving
me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
for
your
time.

See if this helps:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
Reconnect your old Outlook data file

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I've tried doing that, and I get a message that reads: 'An error has
occurred
in the script on this page. Line 298. Char. 1. Error Access is denied.
Code 0
URL; outlook://Personal%20Folders/' It then asks if I want to continue
running scripts on this page, and whether I answer yes or no makes no
difference. I hope this makes sense to you. Thanks for your help.

"DL" wrote:

You have to open within OL and not via explorer
ie start OL then open, from OL

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
Thanks for getting back to me. However, I've tried opening the old
data
file
by choosing Outlook from the list of programmes, but when I do that, I
get
a
message saying the operation has failed.

"DL" wrote:

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new
PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if
that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd
backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few
old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other
emails,
nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've
installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is
driving
me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many
thanks
for
your
time.

In edition to Hal's post;

Your OL is running ok with no problems, yes
When you go to FileOpenData File.....browse to, select your old data file,
this is when you get the error, yes?

That being so, close OL, locate scanpst.exe, open it and run it against your
old OL data file. If it reports errors, that it fixes, run it again.
Next select the mail applet in the control panel, add a data file and select
your old data file. Close the mail applet.
Open OL, it opens without errs? your old data file should be attached and
you should be able to browse old data. Is this so?


"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I've tried doing that, and I get a message that reads: 'An error has
occurred
in the script on this page. Line 298. Char. 1. Error Access is denied.
Code 0
URL; outlook://Personal%20Folders/' It then asks if I want to continue
running scripts on this page, and whether I answer yes or no makes no
difference. I hope this makes sense to you. Thanks for your help.

"DL" wrote:

You have to open within OL and not via explorer
ie start OL then open, from OL

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
Thanks for getting back to me. However, I've tried opening the old data
file
by choosing Outlook from the list of programmes, but when I do that, I
get
a
message saying the operation has failed.

"DL" wrote:

Importing is not the correct way to deal with a native OL data file
Within OL, FileOpenData File ......open your 'old' data file

"Sarah M" wrote in message
...
I'm using Office 2003, which I've successfully loaded onto my new
PC.
(It's
running Vista Business, whereas I had XP on the old one -- if that's
relevant.) In Outlook, when I try to import the .pst files I'd
backed-up
and
copied to the folder in Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook, a few
old
emails
in my archive files are imported, but nothing else: no other emails,
nor
the
calendar, contacts and tasks. It's a big .pst file 1.2GB. I've
installed
all
possible updates. I need Outlook in order to work, so this is
driving
me
bonkers and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
for
your
time.