Move from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 not successful; not reading certain folders

[BBCMember]

I just put in a new hard drive and installed the latest version of Office 2007. I kept the data and archive files from Outlook 2003 so I could import them into Outlook 2007 and get back to business. However, that did not happen. It was able to read and bring up most of the data, but I am missing some folders which are critical.

The critical folders are folders that were created manually. They were used to store email messages that came in that were important. They were simply dragged from the Inbox and put into that folder. There were also folders within that folder. I'm not sure if these folders and subfolders were in the Inbox or not. They may not have been.

The way I imported it was by going to TOOLS>ACCOUNT SETTINGS>DATA FILES tab>and pointed to the old PST file.

I also pointed to the archive.pst file as well, but later went to FILE>ARCHIVE and pointed to the old archive.pst file in there. Bot ways did not reveal the folders that are needed.

Is Outlook 2007 not able to read all data from Outlook 2003 pst files, or is there a fix for this?

Please advise.

[RamonGTP]

PST files from outlook 2003 are fully compatible with 2007... Instead of adding the file, simply import the file into your existing PST that outlook 2007 created when you configured it. Just click on File > Import and export > outlook > import from another program or file > Personal Folder File (.pst) and then simply direct it to where the original PST file is located.

[BBCMember]

OK. Thanks. So adding it as a data file is not the way to go? That's odd. That's what was suggested on some sites.

[RamonGTP]

Well there are several ways to get the same thing accomplished... I usually just import the file over and that's what works for me. Good luck.