Right click on the Start button and choose Explore. The see if you can get
to the external drive under Computer. "My Documents" on the new computer is
a fake directory that is not accessible and has been replaced by Documents.
See if you can copy the pst file from the drive to your Documents (or
Desktop) and then see if you can import from that.

Also see: http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/vista.htm

steve

"sirmagnus" <sirmagnus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4EB0D288-B369-4653-A5E9-B5472FF1A83D@microsoft.com...
>I backed up My Docs and all Outlook files on an external HD, thinking it
> would be easy to restore those after installing Vista Home Prwemium. When
> I
> try to import my old Outlook files from the HD to Outlook 2007 on my
> computer, I am denied access to the old files--I don't have permission, I
> am
> told. And I cannot figure out how to copy My Docs from the HD to my
> computer. Is there no equivalent of Windows Explorer in Vista? This
> should
> be so simple--I have done it before with XP, but I am at a loss. Anybody
> got
> an answer?