Problem on import .PST file in outlook 2003

I can't import my contact of Outlook XP file (.pst) to Outlook 2003. After
import, There are any contacts in contact section and notes in note section.
I need to my contacts & notes information in that file. Please guide me.
Thanks
P.Ghafourzadeh

First, we have no idea what steps you used and what happened when you tried.
Second, importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. PST is
Outlook's native format. You have no need to convert this data. Just open
the file in Outlook and copy what you need from it. If the data is not in
that file, then you did not create the file correctly. We don't know how you
did that either.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
I can't import my contact of Outlook XP file (.pst) to Outlook 2003. After
import, There are any contacts in contact section and notes in note
section.
I need to my contacts & notes information in that file. Please guide me.
Thanks
P.Ghafourzadeh

Thank you, but:
I hadn't the problem in outlook XP; I have problem in outlook 2003. Can I
get only Outlook XP software of you by email? I want to chek the my .PST file.
And so, Can I convert that file to other files such as access/excel 2003?
Thanks

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

First, we have no idea what steps you used and what happened when you tried.
Second, importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. PST is
Outlook's native format. You have no need to convert this data. Just open
the file in Outlook and copy what you need from it. If the data is not in
that file, then you did not create the file correctly. We don't know how you
did that either.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
I can't import my contact of Outlook XP file (.pst) to Outlook 2003. After
import, There are any contacts in contact section and notes in note
section.
I need to my contacts & notes information in that file. Please guide me.
Thanks
P.Ghafourzadeh

Repeating: You can open any PST file in Outlook 2003. If you cannot, then
post back with the information I requested the first time. We cannot help
when you provide no information.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
Thank you, but:
I hadn't the problem in outlook XP; I have problem in outlook 2003. Can I
get only Outlook XP software of you by email? I want to chek the my .PST
file.
And so, Can I convert that file to other files such as access/excel 2003?
Thanks

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

First, we have no idea what steps you used and what happened when you
tried.
Second, importing is never the correct way to transfer Outlook data. PST
is
Outlook's native format. You have no need to convert this data. Just open
the file in Outlook and copy what you need from it. If the data is not in
that file, then you did not create the file correctly. We don't know how
you
did that either.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
I can't import my contact of Outlook XP file (.pst) to Outlook 2003.
After
import, There are any contacts in contact section and notes in note
section.
I need to my contacts & notes information in that file. Please guide
me.
Thanks
P.Ghafourzadeh

eok
I do below process:
1- in Outlook XP: file - import and export - export to a file - personal
folder file (.PST) - highlight Personal Folders option & select Include
Subfolders - select address and file name then select Finish - in Create
Microsoft Personal Folders menu select password - and finish (create .PST
file).
2- in Outlook 2003: file - import and export - Import from another prgrame
or file - select Personal Folder File (.PST) option - brows my .PST file -
select NEXT & enter my password & finsh.
I don't recive error message. But there are not my Contacts (name & no.). I
can import this file to Outlook XP previously but I can't import that in
Outlook 2003 now.
If this explanation isn't complete' please question me to I explain better.
Thanks (Very)

Your explanation is fine, but you appear not to be understanding mine.
Importing and exporting is not the correct way to transfer Outlook data. We
don't know where you made your error until we start troubleshooting this. To
start, open this PST file correctly by using Outlook's File Open Outlook
Data File command. That will open this file as a second set of Personal
Folders in your profile. Examine its Contacts Folder to see if the Contacts
are there. If they are, then just copy them into your current Contacts
Folders. If they aren't then you made your error when you exported.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
eok
I do below process:
1- in Outlook XP: file - import and export - export to a file - personal
folder file (.PST) - highlight Personal Folders option & select Include
Subfolders - select address and file name then select Finish - in Create
Microsoft Personal Folders menu select password - and finish (create .PST
file).
2- in Outlook 2003: file - import and export - Import from another prgrame
or file - select Personal Folder File (.PST) option - brows my .PST file -
select NEXT & enter my password & finsh.
I don't recive error message. But there are not my Contacts (name & no.).
I
can import this file to Outlook XP previously but I can't import that in
Outlook 2003 now.
If this explanation isn't complete' please question me to I explain
better.
Thanks (Very)

ok
I did it. yes, I recieve this message when I select my file:
"you are about to add a non-Unicode capable store to your profile. This
store should not be used to store multilingual Unicode data. Do you want to
continue?"
I select OK.
notice: I type my names in contacts to FARSI language.
after finish, I have my mails in Mail section (Mail Icon) but I haven't my
contacts & notes & tasks in own section.
please help me.

That means you either made an error when you created this PST file or you
copied the wrong PST file when you made the transfer. (If this file contains
only mail items, for example, you may have copied an archive file rather
than your current data file.)
The best way to transfer Outlook data is simply to copy the original PST
file to the other hard drive, then open that file in the other installation
of Outlook using the File Open Outlook Data File command. Exporting and
importing provide too many opportunities to lose or corrupt data, which
appears to have happened this time. This has nothing to do with the fact
that the 2 Outlook versions are different.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
ok
I did it. yes, I recieve this message when I select my file:
"you are about to add a non-Unicode capable store to your profile. This
store should not be used to store multilingual Unicode data. Do you want
to
continue?"
I select OK.
notice: I type my names in contacts to FARSI language.
after finish, I have my mails in Mail section (Mail Icon) but I haven't my
contacts & notes & tasks in own section.
please help me.

oooooooohhhhhhh my god
sorry
sorry for you and for meeeeeeeeeee
I open my older .PST file in outlook 2003 and I have any problem and I have
my contacts (of course my contacts are ancient) BUT my new file have problem
and haven't my contacts!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I do?
Any?
Thanks

That's not what you said. If in fact the Contacts are in your old file after
all, then you have no problem. Simply copy the Contacts from the old file
into the new one. After that, just close your old PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Payam" wrote in message
...
oooooooohhhhhhh my god
sorry
sorry for you and for meeeeeeeeeee
I open my older .PST file in outlook 2003 and I have any problem and I
have
my contacts (of course my contacts are ancient) BUT my new file have
problem
and haven't my contacts!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I do?
Any?
Thanks