I send my crashed C: HDD to a data recovery service. All data except the boo sector was recovered and returned to me on a new WD Passport external drive. On it I have found the Outlook.pst file. I have also reinstalled Windows 7 and Outlook on a new HDD.



The question is how do I "Import" or otherwise get into my new Outlook installation?

Open Outlook and go to File|Open|Import>Import from another program or file.

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The problem is there is no "other program" to import from. IOW, the Outlook Import is looking for an Outlook folder, whereas all I have is an .pst file.

Or, what am I missing?

Ed

Start Outlook. Open the PST file. Set that PST file as the default and set the folder that new mail is sent to as the PST file. Close the original PST file.

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Well, the dialogue does say 'Import from another program or file'

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For complete background, I'm using Win7 and Outlook 2007. Both were installed fresh on a new HDD after the crash. I've been using it for email for a couple weeks now, and consequently there's lots om email. I also imported my calendar from my cell phone using MyPhoneExplorer so there's stuff in Outlook Calendar. What's missing is Contacts... totally empty. So is Address Book when opened from Tools menu.

It is the Contacts list that I need to recover from my pre-Crash Outlook.pst.

Note that there are TWO Outlook.pst files in play here. For clarity I shall refer them as pre-Crash Outlook.pst and New Outlook.pst. The pre-Crash Outlook.pst is in folder C:\Users\Owner\Outlook.
The New Outlook.pst is in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

What I need to do is merge pre-Crash Outlook.pst with New Outlook.pst

So, tried macropod's suggestion again. Here's what I did:

Opened Outlook. It opens with New Outlook.pst. I select Contacts in the navagation panel at the left, and I get "No items to show" in the right panel. From the menu bar I select Files|Import/Export. In the dialog I select Import from another program or File. In the next dialog I select Personal Folder (.pst) for the file type to import from.
In the next dialog, File to Import, I browse to the pre-Chash Outlook.pst, C:\Users\Owner\Outlook\Outlook.pst. Under Options I take the default, "Replace duplicates with items imported." In the next dialog, "Import Personal Folders," I select Contacts, check Include subfolders, and select Import items into the current folder (presumably the New Outlook.pst). I click Finish. I get no confirmation of Success or Failure. But, unfortunately, I still nothing in the Contacts or Address Book/

What am I doing wrong?

I'm more concerned about the Contacts than the email.


Please see my reply to macropod.

Ed

See: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...8-ded54b3440ac
According to the description there, your contacts should be imported.

I'm not sure about your new PST location. On my PC it's in:
C:\Users\%Username%\Documents\Outlook Files\

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