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Outlook 2007 back up retrieval

  • 14-09-2009 1:38pm
    #1
    jimkennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭


    In anticipation of leaving my current job, I've backed up my Outlook email, creating a large .pst file on my personal external harddrive. To retrieve the email later on, I'm going to need to be on Outlook again I presume, but will I then be able to 'see' my old email (from the old address) on the new company's PCs at a new email address?


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  • #2
    HandsomePete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭HandsomePete


    Yes, providing you add the pst to your new outlook.


  • #3
    kmick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    ...and providing you dont get caught and fired in the meantime.


  • #4
    ttm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭ttm


    jimkennedy wrote: »
    In anticipation of leaving my current job, I've backed up my Outlook email, creating a large .pst file on my personal external harddrive. To retrieve the email later on, I'm going to need to be on Outlook again I presume, but will I then be able to 'see' my old email (from the old address) on the new company's PCs at a new email address?

    Just your email or your email and the companies address list ;-)

    Its very easy you can import the backup pst file from the file menu then choose Import from another file or program then at the next step pick the one ending in .pst then follow the instructions.

    Edit> but thats just one way you can also just open it from within outlook without mixing it up with your home email.


  • #5
    jimkennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭jimkennedy


    Thanks for the replies, I'm glad to know it will work.

    No, I'm not interested in the work-related email, I just want to hang on to personal email. It doesn't seem to be easy to get just mine though. It seems to be almost all-or-nothing. I'll probably start over and split my current inbox into 'work' and 'personal' and then only put the personal folder into the .pst. Yes, that 's a much better idea, if a little time-consuming.


  • #6
    ttm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭ttm


    Don't forget you can use search, arrange by and Find All features in Outlook to find the mail you need.

    Its sometimes easier to copy all the email to your archive PST file and delete big chunks that you know you don't need rather than try and find the bits you want in a massive mess of email, you can use the above features to find and delete email you don't need.


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  • #7
    jimkennedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭jimkennedy


    In the end I set the view on my inbox to 'group by name' and dragged the people I wanted off to a seperate folder called 'personal inbox' and then archived only that folder to personal_inbox.pst, and then moved that to my external hard drive. I repeated the process for the Sent folder.

    Sorted. Thanks.


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