Outlook 2003 data recovery - a tale of woe!

[technolog]

My motherboard committed hara kiri so I've had a new PC with a new SATA drive and have installed my old C: drive in the new system as D: drive. I had Outlook 2003 installed (as part of Office 2003) on the old drive and need to recover them and import them into Outlook 2003 which is now re-installed on my new C: drive. Trouble is, I cannot find any Outlook data files on the old drive (searched for *.pst). In the past (with Outlook 2000) I have found and transferred these data files when installing a new drive with no problem - does Outlook 2003 work differently? If anyone could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated.

[Bongo]

I think they're in either the application data or local settings folder in your user folder in documents and settings.

They're hidden folders though so you will have to set the option in my computer (tools > options) to show hidden files and folders.

[technolog]

I think they're in either the application data or local settings folder in your user folder in documents and settings.

They're hidden folders though so you will have to set the option in my computer (tools > options) to show hidden files and folders.

I searched the whole of the drive looking for *.pst files and none were found. I've also looked manually in the locations you mention and others but to no avail. I am already displaying hidden and system folders too.

[Bongo]

Hmm, just switched to windows to have a look and mine are here:

C:\Documents and Settings\Paul\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

 

I'll have a think...

[technolog]

Thanks a lot Bongo (Paul?), I don't know where I was going wrong before but my files were in the same (relative) place as yours - you're a star!

[MrsLime]

Why not take this opportunity to consider switching over to Mozilla Thunderbird?

It works in a similar fashion to Outlook, but it's much better.  And safer too.

[Bongo]

I use thunderbird as my main email client. I had the need to use a completely seperate client for an account I wanted to keep seperate though, so now i use lookout too.

Anyway, glad this is all sorted.