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Migrating from Outlook 98 to Outlook 2003 on new PC

Asked by: wayneskid

I'm moving to a new PC and want to move all my Outlook items (mail messages,
contacts, calendar entries, PAB entries, tasks, notes, etc.) to the new system.
BTW - I gather I won't be able to import my mail account settings; it that correct?

Here's the picture:
OLD PC - 6 year old Dell P2 450 MHz running Win98 SE and OL 98
NEW PC - Just out of the box Dell Dimension 8400 P4 3.2 GHz running WinXP Pro
SE and Office 2003 with OL 2003.

No doubt lots of folks have done this before so I'm hoping someone will be able
to offer a bullet proof step-by-step guide on how to accomplish this without
breaking something. The old PC has some rather annoying idiosyncracies (pauses,
hangs, etc) and while I have no reason to think they are related to OL, I'm not
positive they are not related.  I plan to run a virus scan on whatever files I
move to the new system.  Is there any thing else I should do to avoid problems?

This is a simple setup.  Right now the old PC and the new one are on a P to P
LAN.  The old system will be sent to its final resting place once everything
is moved over.

TIA
WS in AK

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by: davidis99Posted on 2005-02-03 at 23:00:23ID: 13222927

Actually, there's a faitly simple way for you to get your mail, documents (in and out of outlook) and mail settings transferred over to your new system.   XP includes the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard - to access it "click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard."  (From XP help and Support.)  

In addition, once networked, Outlook also offers an option to import mail and settings from within the program.  (File, Import/Export).

Both are fairly straightforward, requiring only that you know the location of some of the files you need to transfer/import.

 

by: bmtechPosted on 2005-02-04 at 03:22:32ID: 13224323

I cant say for definite that Outlook 98 -> 2003 has probelms. I have moved from Outlook 97 -> 2000 -> 2003, by simply copying and reconnecting my Outlook PST file.

Outlook stores all its stuff in the PST file. So once you have installed Outlook 2003, start it up which will create a PST for you (we'll call it PST-A). Make a copy of your Existing Outlook 98 PST (so you can fall back or start agina if you want to), add the New PST (PST-B) to Outlook 2003 (Under Email Accounts View & choose New Outlook Data File, Make it the Default, Log and restart Outlook 2003, it will now convert the OLD PST (PST-B), it may shout a bit but it should work ok. This shoudl also imprt all your account settings etc...

Now Remove PST-A (you can only do this when it is no longer the Default)

That should do it.

There is no reason why you shouldnt use Davidis99 method it just wont import the accounts.

 

by: meintsiPosted on 2005-02-04 at 08:37:45ID: 13227210

I wouldn't discard the newly created 2003 .pst. But after adding the old .pst file to Outlook (make sure to remove the 'read-only' tick mark under properties), move all info from the old .pst file and into the new .pst file. Then detach and discard the original.

Outlook 2003 uses a new format for the .pst files which removes many limitations of the old file format (the 2 GIG limit for file size to name one).  Use Outlook with the default (new) format .pst.

The category list can be moved via the registry.
Rules are now kept within the .pst file so you will probally need to recreate them.

 

by: meintsiPosted on 2005-02-04 at 08:39:43ID: 13227240

Let me add, moving the information store to the new .pst file has been safer in our experience. I have seen several conversions go wrong and corrupt some of the data.

 

by: wayneskidPosted on 2005-04-03 at 06:57:54ID: 13691668

I used the File/Import method.  Everything came across fine except distribution lists.  Thanks to all for the suggestions.

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