Re: Importing an Address Book

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From: Donderoo (Donderoo_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/20/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:53:07 -0800

Thanks Brian. That is very helpful information. I will first try to see if
there is a hidden file. Restoring deleted files may be a bit over my head bt
I appreciated the directions you have given me.

Don

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Donderoo <Donderoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I could not find any files on my old drive with a pst
> > extension. Where is this file typically located?
>
> They can be anywhere, but the default location is the hidden folder
> x:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook, for Windows 2000/XP. For Windows 98/ME, they would
> have been under the x:\Windows folder. Did you enable searching hidden
> files and folders when you looked?
>
> > The guy who set up
> > my new computer deleted all the Windows files on my old drive (at my
> > request). Could it be that the suspect pst file was deleted? If so,
> > is there any way to recover it?
>
> It's possible they were deleted, depending on which Windows you were using.
> It's also a possibility they can be recovered (but not one you can count
> on). You'll need an undelete tool like
> http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>



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