Thanks a bunch. That was very helpful.

I got the folders copies to the C drive on my computer, but when I imported
them to Outlook, they formed a redundant set of folders--i.e., I had two
incoming folders, two outgoing folders, etc. When I tried to drag one folder
to the other, the result was a subfolder with the same name as the folder.

Any ideas how to solve this one?

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> 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 a fake directory that is not accessible and has been replaced by Documents.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?
>