.....from Express 6, and now the contacts are nowhere to
be found in either program or anywhere on my hard drive.
I had been using Outlook until about a year ago, and when
it crashed, moved over to Express. I now need the the
expanded features in Outlook, so I need to go back to
using it again. I simply opened both programs:

1. Created 2 new personal folders in Outlook 2000 -
archive mail and archive contacts - and moved all old
mails out of Inbox and all old contacts from default
folder (so both default folders emptied)
2. Used the 'import' function in Outlook to import both
the inbox and the address book stored in Express
3. Importing inbox worked fine, but menu indicated that
zero contact files had been transferred
4. Pulled up Express and inbox and address book were
still showing intact
5. Closed both programs and then re-opened to try again
6. Address book in Express now missing!!!
7. Searched all over my hard drive for comma-
delineated, .pst or any other type of file that I thought
could be the missing address book

I am pretty sure that the two address books are linked
because I added a contact to Express later in the day and
the contact showed up in the Outlook address book as well.

Is it possible that all contacts from both programs were
moved to the archive file I created in Outlook? Any help
would be appreciated, thanks.