Outlook 2010 upgrade help

Hey guys,

I come humbly asking for help again.

Here is my new problem.

My laptop HD died awhile ago, and my desktop is old and on it's last leg (really really slow). So I decided to revive the laptop with a new HD and put the desktop to sleep and just use my laptop as my main computer.

Replaced the HD, updated drivers etc. No problems.

I have the new Microsoft Office 2010 Professional (a huge upgrade from my old Office 2000).

What I want to do is move all my emails and contacts from my desktop (office 2000) to my laptop (Office 2010) but I am having a heck of a time.

I have the Office 2000 pst files (2 different ones, one is an archive and the other is just regular?) on my laptop. I tried to rename the pst file so Outlook 2010 could see it. Got the emails into Outlook 2010, but then got an error and couldn't send or recieve emails.

So, I renamed the original pst file, and re-renamed the old pst file and now I can send/recieve fine but can't see my old emails.

I am guessing I am missing something simple? So I am just looking for some help here. Mind you I am not the most technically savy person so please be gentle if you offer up suggestions.

Thanks for the help as always.