Hello all. I need help recovering my emails from a hard drive. My windows 7 HP all in one desktop finally stopped working, turns on but only has a black screen. I removed the hard drive and connected it via usb adapter to my new Dell, windows 10 desktop. Old computer had Outlook 2007, new has Outlook 2016.
I was able to copy all my docs and pictures, but can't figure out how to locate any of my emails that I had saved in folders in my Outlook inbox. I searched the entire drive for PST files, but came up empty. Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, I'm not a tech guy, so please dumb it down a little. Thanks.
It was setup using POP. There's no APPDATA in the user folder, or any other folder for that matter. I'm not sure how to change the file manager to show hidden files.
WOW. That did it, i was able to find them after doing what you said, show hidden files. Thank you. I'm able to see the personal folders I was looking for while the old hard drive is connected by opening Outlook 2016, file-open and export-import/export-import from another program or file-outlook data file .pst-F:/user/appdata/local/microsoft/outlook. They're not accessible when I disconnect the drive. Is there a way to import them permanently?
Success! I was able to move each inbox folder individually from the old drive to the new inbox folder on the new computer. For some reason they wouldn't all import, just a few did. Thanks very much for your help, I definitely couldn't have done it without your input. Wish I could buy you a cold beverage.
you should be able to move the pst to the new harddrive - rename the file
and open as a personal folder to see all your email
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