Outlook on old HD to T-bird on new HD

[Jerrych57]

I posted this in the software area, but since my problem came about due to moving hardware around I feel justified that it's OK to try this forum also:

I received a "new" used PC about a year ago. I set it up to run Thunderbird for e-mail, and Opera for browsing. I installed my old PCs HD as a backup drive. I want to get my old Outlook e-mails off the old HD and load them into my T-bird program.

My "new" PC is a Compaq Presario S5314ST running Windows XP sp2 and all updates are current. The old was a Micron that I had upgraded from ME to XP.

What I've tried so far:

1. T'bird import - it just finds the local Outlook files, which I have setup to work but don't use.

2. Outlook import - tried to get it to find the old .pst file but it's too limited to do that.

3. Copied outlook.pst from the old HD \windows folder to the new \windows folder. Outlook didn't find it.

4. In Outlook, I've tried to select File, Open ..., but the "Open" menu is not active unless I'm in my Inbox, in which case it wants to open an e-mail only and there are no other available selections.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jerry

[Alaron]

This fits more in the Software forum. Let's stick to that thread: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=191176 Thanks.