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Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer
开云体育Hello Listers: ? Last month, I discovered that laptops do not survive when a pint of beer is spilled onto their keyboard. Having replaced the laptop and extracted the hard drive from the broken computer and placing it into a USB reader, I am able to read the hard drive’s contents. ? I want to migrate the contacts from the broken computer’s hard drive to my new laptop. The email account uses IMap, so no .PST file has been created, only a .OST file is present. Reading documentation on the web, I did not find any articles describing extracting contact information from a .OST file. Do any of you know of a tool that may allow me to extract contacts from a .OST file? This certainly does not seem to be supported by Microsoft. ? ? I am running Office 365 and updated copies of Windows 10 home. ? Thanks, Rick ? |
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Shaun Everiss
开云体育if you have used imap, your contacts are probably all online, just resync your account and it work fine enough.
On 29/09/2020 7:41 am, Rick wrote:
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
if you have used imap, your contacts are probably all online, just resync your account and it work fine enough.- At least for Gmail, I have always needed to use add-ons to force the sync of contacts and calendar.? Pure IMAP does not do it with Outlook or Thunderbird.? Why this is remains a mystery to me.? Who would want to sync only e-mail messages rather than e-mail and contacts/address book at a minimum? |
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Sent: September 28, 2020 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer ? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
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开云体育Hello: ? Thanks for the suggestions. The email account is a Comcast account. However, my address book and groups are not stored online so that is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 6:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer ? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
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开云体育You will need to export your contacts as a PST file and then, import them in Outlook on the new machine. Look under the file menu, import and export or Google it for step by step instructions. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: 29 September 2020 21:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer ? Hello: ? Thanks for the suggestions. The email account is a Comcast account. However, my address book and groups are not stored online so that is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel ? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
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开云体育Hello: ? As I said in my original email, I only have access to the hard disk where the account resides. The computer is broken, so exporting from the original computer is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of HSG Director
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 2:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer ? You will need to export your contacts as a PST file and then, import them in Outlook on the new machine. Look under the file menu, import and export or Google it for step by step instructions. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick ? Hello: ? Thanks for the suggestions. The email account is a Comcast account. However, my address book and groups are not stored online so that is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel ? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
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I would have to look up the instructions myself, but if you have the original disc with the original Outlook archive(s) on it, you should be able to import them wholesale into a new running instance of Outlook on another machine.
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开云体育Rick, ? I don't know what physical format the hard disk is from your broken computer but in the past, Amazon used to sell enclosures into which one could install an internal SATA hard disk drive effectively converting it into an external USB drive. I would not attempt this without sighted help but once done, you should be able to connect the enclosure to another computer's USB port and search for your Outlook pst file which would contain all your Outlook data. You should be able to then use that file on another computer running Outlook or import the data. ? Here is an example of one such enclosure from Amazon that takes either a 2.5 or 3.5 inch SATA hard disk: ? Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [Support UASP] (EC-DFLT) - $22.99 ? Here is a link to it: ? ? Alan Lemly ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Migrating Outlook contact from broken computer to new computer ? Hello: ? As I said in my original email, I only have access to the hard disk where the account resides. The computer is broken, so exporting from the original computer is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of HSG Director ? You will need to export your contacts as a PST file and then, import them in Outlook on the new machine. Look under the file menu, import and export or Google it for step by step instructions. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick ? Hello: ? Thanks for the suggestions. The email account is a Comcast account. However, my address book and groups are not stored online so that is not an option. ? Rick ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel ? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:57 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
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