Syncing between Windows Live and hotmail (upgraded to Outlook) account

I used Windows Live to move mails between an existing outlook account to a new one by dragging and dropping, creating new folders in the new one in the process. Seems to have gone well in Windows Live and everything is in place and all folders in the existing account are now empty. However, when I log into the new outlook account directly, the new structure is not there and mails have not been moved. Equally, the existing account does not seem to have changed. I'm a bit of a novice and would be so grateful if a kind soul could point me in the right direction.