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Combining Office 2000 Archives

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by jlstrader

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I have about 30 archives that I have accumulated over the years. I want to combine them into one place so that when I search for something it will be easier. What can I do?

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by jlstrader

These are archives created by Outlook. They are PST files. Sorry. Too early for us lazy people.

by rdunn

I would just create a new PST in Outlook on your hard drive. Configure Outlook to open the other archive PSTs that you have stored. You should then see all the archive folders in your folder listing in Outlook (pending that 'Folder List' is turnedon under 'View>' in Outlook). Copy the contents from your old archive files into the newly created PST file. That's about the easiest way to do it. - be aware that there is a 2Gb limitation w/PST files in Outlook (far as I know...) -

Good luck!

by curlergirl

I agree with previous answer about creating a new PST - but you can import the data rather than having to copy and paste. I think this would be a bit easier. Once you have the new PST open, just go to File/Import and Export. Select "Import from another program or file" and click Next. The list that appears in the next dialog will include Personal Folder File (.pst) as one of the choices - just follow the screens from there. Hope this helps!

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