Read these links for a better understanding and how to do it but read the below by Russ Valentine first before you do anything.
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...771141033.aspx
Also here is a snip below from Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] which is important since MS has not corrected this yet in Outlook
>snip>
Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook. Microsoft has not yet caught
on.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
>end snip<
--
Peter
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
"bazzandjo" <bazzandjo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1F38E203-8114-49D8-B00B-EACC4F990BDB@microsoft.com...
>I have installed Vista Home Premium and following instructions with the
> 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
> assistance to recover would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> --
> bazzandjo