My personal email on my work computer was stored in an ost file but not on the exchange server (deliberately) Just had laptop upgraded so had to reset-up email etc I knew ost files are a pain so had exported it to to pst - however when I have opened it I dont have my sent files only the files that were in my inbox which is unfortunate I know you can convert ost files to pdf's but not too sure about "free" downloads of converters is there a legitimate way of doing this without using suspect software - or paying for it? Does anyone know? Work email is all fine of course because thats on an exchange server anyway
Hmmm ....... I don't quite follow the 'deliberate' bit ........... an OST is stored in your appdata/outlook folder by default if you have been using cached mode in outlook ("connected to Microsoft Exchange" rather than "online with Microsoft Exchange") Do you mean you had 2 mail accounts in the same profile ........ farnham@work and farnham@personal? On your new laptop you have set up the same? Is the old OST still available? There is a way of deleting the new OST (or renaming it to .OLD) then copying the old ost into the appdata/local folder but I seem to recall you have to do something with the file GUID. Let me have a think. Those free programs typically only do the first 10 items, or a specific folder rather than the whole lot.
I did the ost to pst by mindlessly following these instructions (make sure you add the necessary sub folders) I don't know if it will work for you. https://lazyadmin.nl/it/convert-ost-to-pst/
Thanks but unfortunately that’s what I did but missed the sent folder. I still have the original OST file on backup but that’s not really a lot of use if I can’t import it
Yes I have a work email which is on an exchange server so it just creates a new OST file and all the emails are there so that’s fine I also have my personal email which is imap and that went into a separate OST folder which I thought I had dumped to a PST but when I’ve opened it I missed the sent folder and I’d quite like the sent files back somehow. I guess I could try swapping the new and old ones but somehow I doubt it’s that simple
Rather than import, close Outlook, go to mail settings in control panel, data files, choose IMAP account, change path to where backup ost is. Open outlook. Worth a try.
