Last week, I spent the better part of the day backing-up all my files to make sure nothing would get lost, which should be common practice, for anyone looking to do an upgrade, or in my case a full rebuild my machine, moving from Windows XP to a brand-new install of Windows 7.
Why?
Well, XP has been my workhorse for several years now, but there are several applications, that are beginning to require Windows 7, namely Adobe Lightroom 4.
For the most part, the Rebuild of my main computer went quite well, and I can see a definite improvement in the general speed of my main desktop.
I also spent a fair amount of time prior to the upgrade, tracking down the various serial numbers which lay hidden in numerous e-mails that I have accumulated over the years.
There were a few applications that I have reservations about in my move to Windows 7 but after a day or two, my fears were alleviated.
Today, was my day to finally get back in touch with the real world, and tweak my Outlook 2007 for my new environment.
In my haste, trying to get back online last week, I inadvertently connected the wrong PST as my default, and this morning I paid for it.
After trying to do what one would think simple to clean-up of my mistake, I decided to go ahead and just create a brand-new PST.
What really amazed me, was that I was able to save approximately 600MBs of disk space just by copying the emails to the new PST, and that was after contacting the original PST!
So the moral of this quick story, or should I say rant, is that if you need to recuperate some disk space, one might take a look at copying your old emails to a new PST, but be forewarned it can take some time.
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