Posted by Pierces Notary Services on 10/25/08 11:41am
Msg #268197

Outlook - HELP

I am trying to export my outlook files from a computer that has Vista on it to my computer with XP - problem is each time I try to do the export Outlook starts to not respond and I have to keep restarting it - my sister said there should be some sort of file that I could copy from one computer to the other to save my outlook email, etc. onto the computer with XP - does anyone know where that file might be? I'm dumping Vista on this new one and reloading XP but need to get everything off of it - unfortunately I don't have a rewritable on the new one yet but I can copy files to a shared folder and access that folder from the old computer.

Reply by Pete/MD on 10/25/08 12:05pm
Msg #268199

Google "find .pst file"

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 10/25/08 2:18pm
Msg #268207

Thanks that worked. Now I have to figure out how to dump Vista and load XP on this computer.

Reply by Pete/MD on 10/25/08 2:28pm
Msg #268208

Load the XP cd and boot the computer from cd. Very Easy.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 10/25/08 2:33pm
Msg #268209

I have the XP disk in the drive but it keeps booting up into Vista

Reply by Pete/MD on 10/25/08 2:40pm
Msg #268210

Go into your BIOS and make the comp boot from cd instead of HD.


http://techpaul.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/how-to-boot-from-a-cd/

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 10/25/08 3:05pm
Msg #268212

thanks I think I got it.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 10/25/08 3:29pm
Msg #268213

well didn't go as well as I thought it would - there are a bunch of files that can't be copied from my XP disk and now it won't set up correctly.

Reply by Joan_OH on 10/25/08 9:29pm
Msg #268238

The only good way to get rid of Vista.....

and go to XP is to reformat the harddrive and start over. That's why I made Dell take a laptop back - Vista stunk THAT bad. I bought an XP computer before Dell discontinued using it.

Outlook was one of the reasons I got rid of Vista. EVERYTHING is in my Outlook and Vista does not like outlook. You would think Microsoft's wonderful new operating system would play nice with thier own software - but no.

Joan-OH

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 10/26/08 1:37am
Msg #268249

Re: The only good way to get rid of Vista.....

It's so odd... I've had a laptop with Vista for over a year now and I've not had one single problem except for a small number of software programs that weren't compatible. I use Outlook all day long, too. Not that I'm a champion of Microsoft or anything, it's just so weird to hear people complain of things I've never seen. I guess I'm lucky?

Reply by JanetK_CA on 10/26/08 3:55am
Msg #268252

Guess I'm lucky, too.

Only problem seems to be a window I have to close everytime I boot up saying that my printer isn't recognized or something like that. It works just fine, though. The scanner feature doesn't fully work the way it's supposed to, but I don't think it ever really did. I use Outlook, too.

Reply by Pierces Notary Services on 10/27/08 10:25am
Msg #268305

Re: The only good way to get rid of Vista.....

Anyone know a good way to reformat the hard drive so I can try to load XP again? I could not get XP to load right - couldn't copy some files and therefore XP won't load. I am at my wits end. Used to be you could go to DOS and type format c: and it would work but I can't figure out how to get there.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 10/27/08 7:51pm
Msg #268357

Re: The only good way to get rid of Vista.....

There's a free program called DBAN (google it for more info) that will wipe the hard drive clean; you can then install XP, which will detect that the drive is blank and reformat it automatically. I've used it dozens of time without a glitch (I do some volunteer work refurbishing donated PCs for a
local community group), but if you've never done something like this before it can be a challenge...

Before you even consider doing this, make sure you have an installable copy of XP - otherwise, you WILL turn the computer into an expensive paperweight... If you want to go the DBAN route, PM me and I can give you more detailed info on how to set it up.