Need to reinstall Outlook, but can't access it to save pst files

[pknight]

My primary user profile is corrupted and I am going to have to reinstall Windows 7. Because I cannot access my old user profile, I cannot start Outlook 2010 and access my email files. However, I have located the Outlook.pst files and have saved copies of them. What I am wondering is, once I have Outlook 2010 installed on the fresh OS install, how can I restore my email and email settings? I suspect that it is far too much to expect that I can just copy the pst files to the proper location. However, without being able to start Outlook, I can't follow the recommended procedures for backing up the mail data.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Actually, it is as easy as that - the .PST file is independant of Outlook, so once you have reinstalled and opened Outlook with a default mail account, simple replace that .PST with your older one, or setup Outlook to read the older .PST in whatever location you choose.

These might prove useful:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/77544-outlook-pst-data-files-backup.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/77506-outlook-pst-data-file-move.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/173577-outlook-2010-copy-existing-pst-folders-new-pst.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[pknight]

Thanks, Golden. I did find some of those tutorials after I posted. I was in a bit of a panic when all this happened and am just starting to be a bit more methodical. It's great that it is indeed that simple.