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How to Import PST File in Outlook 2013 Manually

Mike Jackson | July 22nd, 2014 | exchange 2013

Generally, MS Outlook mechanically restores appointment, contacts, tasks, journals, messages and notes in one of the below two places:

  • As a .PST file, this is known as Personal Storage Table.
  • In a mailbox usually located on an Exchange Server, in case you using Outlook with MS Exchange Server.

When you used without MS Exchange Server, MS Outlook 2013 accumulates the database that at the same time contains each default and custom folders in a personal folder. Other main point that you also would like to note is that when MS Outlook 2013 is used with MS Exchange Server, mailbox folders live on the server rather than on System. As you open MS Outlook, then Exchange server show the database files in a few minutes.

Apart from simply emails accounts on Exchange Server, MS Outlook 2013 generates a local data file for when you set-up your profile. It’s all depending upon the needs, it possible to build a new PST file & then include or exclude folders. When MS Exchange Server is only account, Outlook accumulates complete items in Exchange mailbox.

Nevertheless, it is necessary that you clean up complete older messages or tasks that obtain profit. MS Outlook 2013 gives an Auto Archive attribute that allows identifying how frequently MS Outlook should clean up old items and which items to shift. If you prefer to archive items alternately remove them, MS Outlook put them in a .PST file. However, it is important to re-establish them back. Now go to open that set of folders & successfully copy the all items overturn to Ordinary folders. In fact, the most vital choice you can select the usage of Import quality in MS Outlook to import from the archive file.

Follow Below Steps

  1. If you want to eliminate account profile & don’t have an access to earlier archived folders, now you will require to importing the file back into MS Outlook to get the access of files yet again.
  2. Then click on the File drop/down menu, operate the method to open & Export sub-menu & click on Import/Export option.

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  • By default, this program selected Import from another program or file, if it doesn’t preferred then hit it off on Next button

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  • Now, choose Outlook Data File (.pst) & then hit it off on Next key

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  1. Click on Browse button

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2. Then select the Outlook PST file you desire to import, now click on Open & after that click next

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If a password was allocated to Outlook PST file, you encourage entering the password & then clicking on OK

3.  Put the alternatives for importing the items, default setting generally don’t want to be altered.

  • Usually the top folder- personal folders, Outlook PST file or email address is choosing mechanically.
  • By default Include Sub folders is selected, complete folders underneath the folder chosen will be imported.
  • Default selection of Import items into the same folder in matches the folders from the imported PST file to folders in MS Outlook. If this folder doesn’t live in Outlook, it well generated

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  • Choose the folder you need to import & click Finish button if you are done this process.

By following above mentioned steps you could simply Import & Export items. However, if you need to opt for another option then you can tryout the tool which you can easily recover mailbox database & at last export mailboxes of EDB in PST file which can be imported in MS Outlook.

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Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson is a technical writer and he wrote numerous blogs or articles regarding Exchange Server corruption issues with their solutions. You can follow him on Google+, Facebook and Twitter. If you have any query & solution regarding Exchange Server & Outlook apps then you can mail Mike at mike.edbtopstpro@gmail.com.