that is what i am following but when i take the pst file and move it to my external drive, i get:
Windows - Delayed Write Failed windows was unable to save all the data for the file. the data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. please try to save this file elsewhere.
Alternatively, if you can remove the hard drive from the old machine, it's $20 to get an IDE/SATA-to-USB converter to make that drive into an external drive with you can then connect to the laptop in order to copy the .pst file directly.
Just to cover all the bases.. did you delete all the old stuff you don't need? Empty deleted items? Maybe strip out the calendar if it's trying to save that too? Pull out all items with attachments?
Odd. You should be able to just save/backup to a .pst and the grab that file and drop it on the new machine. Then in new Outlook, open it and drag/drop everything over.
That's different. OK, I do this all the time - just did it when I upgraded back in December. Open Outlook, click Import/Export under Files and choose Export as .pst. I choose my Personal Folder or Mailbox and SubFolders so I get everything. Once it's backed up, I just transfer the .pst to something (make sure you've got double the space of the file size just to be good...so about 2 to 2.5gb). I then drop it on the new machine, go into New Outlook and choose Open Outlook Data File from File. Once it's opened, I drag and drop everything into new locations so it's all local and then close the opened data file.
The error you're getting sounds like either not enough space or it's having issues reading from whatever you're using for the transfer.
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but when i take the pst file and move it to my external drive, i get:
Windows - Delayed Write Failed
windows was unable to save all the data for the file. the data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. please try to save this file elsewhere.
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just sad that it is 4 years of e-mails i am going through...
the archive folder is 5 gigs due to press photos and flyer files and such
not sure HOW i will move that.
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How big is the .pst file?
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*sigh*
it is 4 years of refference e-mails (with occasional crap)
i am trying to remove the crap to reduce the size.
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OK, I do this all the time - just did it when I upgraded back in December. Open Outlook, click Import/Export under Files and choose Export as .pst. I choose my Personal Folder or Mailbox and SubFolders so I get everything. Once it's backed up, I just transfer the .pst to something (make sure you've got double the space of the file size just to be good...so about 2 to 2.5gb). I then drop it on the new machine, go into New Outlook and choose Open Outlook Data File from File. Once it's opened, I drag and drop everything into new locations so it's all local and then close the opened data file.
The error you're getting sounds like either not enough space or it's having issues reading from whatever you're using for the transfer.
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i got that far...
but the file isn't behaving
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