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restore contacts after reinstallation of windows
Hi, I am running Windows XP SP 3 and Office Enterprise 2007. I recently
reinstalled Windows and realized that I forgot to backup my information. I thought I should be looking for a .pst file so I reinstalled Office and did a search for the .pst file so I know where I should put it when I recover the old one. I recovered a .pst file and placed it in the According to slipstick.com, it should be in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook When I placed the old .pst file in the folder and opened Outlook I got a message saying that it was not a personal files folder. Please help. Thank you. |
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restore contacts after reinstallation of windows
You should not place a PST file in the default location because there's a
good chance you'd overwrite another PST file and corrupt your profile. If in fact you have a valid PST file, you would copy it anywhere else, then open it in Outlook using File Open Outlook Data file.. I suspect you don't even have a valid backup file, however. -- Russ Valentine "a_ryan1972" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP SP 3 and Office Enterprise 2007. I recently reinstalled Windows and realized that I forgot to backup my information. I thought I should be looking for a .pst file so I reinstalled Office and did a search for the .pst file so I know where I should put it when I recover the old one. I recovered a .pst file and placed it in the According to slipstick.com, it should be in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook When I placed the old .pst file in the folder and opened Outlook I got a message saying that it was not a personal files folder. Please help. Thank you. |
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restore contacts after reinstallation of windows
Thank you. I don't have a valid backup file, but I was able to recover the
original .pst file. "Russ Valentine" wrote: You should not place a PST file in the default location because there's a good chance you'd overwrite another PST file and corrupt your profile. If in fact you have a valid PST file, you would copy it anywhere else, then open it in Outlook using File Open Outlook Data file.. I suspect you don't even have a valid backup file, however. -- Russ Valentine "a_ryan1972" wrote in message ... Hi, I am running Windows XP SP 3 and Office Enterprise 2007. I recently reinstalled Windows and realized that I forgot to backup my information. I thought I should be looking for a .pst file so I reinstalled Office and did a search for the .pst file so I know where I should put it when I recover the old one. I recovered a .pst file and placed it in the According to slipstick.com, it should be in the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook When I placed the old .pst file in the folder and opened Outlook I got a message saying that it was not a personal files folder. Please help. Thank you. . |
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