bazzandjo

Thanks for your reply. I used Live One Care Back up and restore, and as far
as I am aware the .ost files were included as it listed Outlook. I nhave
followed the instructions for replacing the emails, but so far have not had
any luck at all. I am beginning to doubt my purchase of Vista I must admit,
as I have also had problem getting it to recognise my wireless cards, now
fixed, and my removable hard drive, still not fixed. Mail remains my
immediate problem however, as there are many emails
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bazzandjo


"Andrew McLaren" wrote:

> "bazzandjo" <bazzandjo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
> > software, backed up my docs etc and Outlook on an external hard drive.
> > Restored backup to Vista, everything is fine except that I do not have any
> > of
> > my email, which came from 2 different computers, but both from backup. Any
>
> Did you back up your Outlook PST file(s)?
>
> Outlook keeps your email in a file called Outlook.PST. By default, this is
> kept at C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook (on XP).
>
> If you only backed up C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents, and did
> not also back up your PST file, then your email has probably been lost.
>
> Search for any file called *.PST. After you install Outlook in the new Vista
> installation, go to File, Import and Export, Import from another program or
> file, and browse to the location of your PST file. Select it to import the
> email into your new Inbox.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>
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