.PST Files

My hard drive failed and I purchased and installed a replacement hard drive
from Del.. I then re-installed, with the assistance of Dell Techincal
Support, Windows XP. I then contacted Symantec for assistance in restoring
the data which I had backed up to an external hard drive. I do not have the
original disks for my verion of Office so I have lost Excel, Word and most
importantly Outlook. If I purchase and install a new copy / version of
Office will I be able to access my old e-mails, contacts, etc which are
stored as .PST files?
--
Bond, James Bond

DL
Mon Jul 28 09:25:08 PDT 2008

Generally Yes, but the version of Outlook you used and the version of Office
you buy may have some barings

"James Bond" <JamesBond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:968EA254-B93B-490F-8D6C-94CBA1A680FB@microsoft.com...
> My hard drive failed and I purchased and installed a replacement hard
> drive
> from Del.. I then re-installed, with the assistance of Dell Techincal
> Support, Windows XP. I then contacted Symantec for assistance in
> restoring
> the data which I had backed up to an external hard drive. I do not have
> the
> original disks for my verion of Office so I have lost Excel, Word and most
> importantly Outlook. If I purchase and install a new copy / version of
> Office will I be able to access my old e-mails, contacts, etc which are
> stored as .PST files?
> --
> Bond, James Bond

JamesBond
Mon Jul 28 09:33:36 PDT 2008

Thanks. How would I determine which versions of Office was used previously?
--
Bond, James Bond


"DL" wrote:

> Generally Yes, but the version of Outlook you used and the version of Office
> you buy may have some barings
>
> "James Bond" <JamesBond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:968EA254-B93B-490F-8D6C-94CBA1A680FB@microsoft.com...
> > My hard drive failed and I purchased and installed a replacement hard
> > drive
> > from Del.. I then re-installed, with the assistance of Dell Techincal
> > Support, Windows XP. I then contacted Symantec for assistance in
> > restoring
> > the data which I had backed up to an external hard drive. I do not have
> > the
> > original disks for my verion of Office so I have lost Excel, Word and most
> > importantly Outlook. If I purchase and install a new copy / version of
> > Office will I be able to access my old e-mails, contacts, etc which are
> > stored as .PST files?
> > --
> > Bond, James Bond
>
>
>

DL
Mon Jul 28 11:31:31 PDT 2008

Impossible unless you have access to your old hard drive.

To expand, if eg you had Office 2003 & you installed an earlier version then
allmost certainly Outlook would not be able to open your previous data file.
If buying / installing either 2003 or later there will be no problem.

"James Bond" <JamesBond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE1B985E-EA88-41F2-A9DA-F2189BF5CDD6@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. How would I determine which versions of Office was used
> previously?
> --
> Bond, James Bond
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Generally Yes, but the version of Outlook you used and the version of
>> Office
>> you buy may have some barings
>>
>> "James Bond" <JamesBond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:968EA254-B93B-490F-8D6C-94CBA1A680FB@microsoft.com...
>> > My hard drive failed and I purchased and installed a replacement hard
>> > drive
>> > from Del.. I then re-installed, with the assistance of Dell Techincal
>> > Support, Windows XP. I then contacted Symantec for assistance in
>> > restoring
>> > the data which I had backed up to an external hard drive. I do not
>> > have
>> > the
>> > original disks for my verion of Office so I have lost Excel, Word and
>> > most
>> > importantly Outlook. If I purchase and install a new copy / version of
>> > Office will I be able to access my old e-mails, contacts, etc which are
>> > stored as .PST files?
>> > --
>> > Bond, James Bond
>>
>>
>>