My backup plan was to use a program called Outport, this required me to setup a spare laptop install a trial version of Office 2007 (again) import my .pst file then use outport to export all the emails, contacts, calendar etc.. to a folder that would be compatible with Evolution. This whole process took 14 hours !!
As the percentage bar was hitting 99% complete I had a thought that could impact my whole attempt at converting to Linux - "what if the outport solution works and I try Linux for a week and decide I need Windows back?"
How would I then get my emails, calendar etc.. back into Office 2007!!
This thought worried me a little and I decided when the outport process finished I would have one last go at getting Evolution to sync with Exchange.
OUTPORT = 100% Complete
I did the exact same process as yesterday setting up Evolution and the bloody thing worked straight away. This pleased me no end because now I know I can try Linux for at least 2 months (I have a free 2 month trial with Exchange) without worrying about loosing any data. Mixed in with my pleaseure was a slight annoyance in that I just spent 14 hours messing about with XP again.
One thing I did notice when setting up the laptop with XP to enable me to run Outport was that after using Ubuntu for only a few hours it makes XP visually look rough. I think Im hooked on the look and layout of Ubuntu already.
This morning I just wanted an excuse to sit in front of my computer and use Ubuntu, like the feeling you get when you buy a new car and you havent got anywhere to go but you look for excuses to drive.
Having got Ubuntu up and running I have found that Linux "can" read NTFS and Openoffice comes with an Export to PDF feature, which all pleases me no end :)
Everything seems to run much quicker than when I had XP installed.
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