thanks, but Outlook 2003 is now on my new laptop. It contains all my old and new emails, calendar and contacts data, as .pst files (hidden, I can no longer back them up regularly).

I notice that Vista has a contacts folder which has useful features such as being able to link people with their organisations and their actual emails. Can I transfer my Outlook contacts into this new contacts folder without retyping every detail? Being a proper folder rather than part of an elusive .pst I could presumably back it up and carry it round on a stick!

Now can I do the same with my calendar and emails?