How do I find BCM data file?

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Dana - 08 May 2008 15:24 GMT

I'm recovering from a hard drive flame-out on my laptop. Since I subscribe to
Carbonite's back-up service I've been able to restore my .pst files, but
can't identify my BCM data file to select it for restoration. Anybody know
the name of the file?
Thank you.

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Luther - 09 May 2008 17:23 GMT

> I'm recovering from a hard drive flame-out on my laptop. Since I subscribe to
> Carbonite's back-up service I've been able to restore my .pst files, but
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> --
> Dana

The BCM database file (.mdf) is typically in this folder:
Xp: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data
\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager
Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact
Manager

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Stormingerman - 15 May 2008 00:24 GMT

> > I'm recovering from a hard drive flame-out on my laptop. Since I subscribe to
> > Carbonite's back-up service I've been able to restore my .pst files, but
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> Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact
> Manager

Thanks, Luther - same problem here...'Lost' BCM Data. Found them where you
said they would be - but how do I now move them back into Outlook? I can't
open the file because Windows doesn't know which application created it.

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Stormingerman - 15 May 2008 11:48 GMT

> > > I'm recovering from a hard drive flame-out on my laptop. Since I subscribe to
> > > Carbonite's back-up service I've been able to restore my .pst files, but
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> said they would be - but how do I now move them back into Outlook? I can't
> open the file because Windows doesn't know which application created it. Also, we 'lost' the data trying to clean up Outlook, pushed some wrong button, and "Business Contact Manager" in the upper left window of Outlooked disappeared. How do I reestablish it?

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Luther - 15 May 2008 16:21 GMT

On May 14, 4:24 pm, Stormingerman
<Storminger...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

MDF files are Sql Server database files. You need to attach the
database to BCM's sql server instance.

Here's an example:
http://beyng.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-attach-database-files-to-sql.html

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