You will probably have to 'take ownership' see win help. then simply open
your old data file within outlook and copy stuff from old to the new data
file
"Keith Howard" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:Gazbk.14469$rH1.7827@newsfe20.lga...
>I have just installed a new hard drive. I reinstalled Office 2003 on the
>new drive and configured my e-mail. Now I have put the old drive in as a
>"slave" to my new hard drive. I am trying to get my e-mail and contacts
>from my old installation on the old drive. I have had no luck so far. I was
>not able to create backups before I put the new drive. Computer power
>supply crash issue.
>
> So how can I access the old files on the old hard drive?
>
> Thanks for any and all help
> Keith in Las Vegas
>