Restoration of Outlook/BCM after HDD crash

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LaserEyes - 13 Feb 2005 06:31 GMT

I set up Outlook with Business Contact Manager (BCM) with all the default
folders and filenames, imported data from ACT!, created email accounts,
cleaned up the data, everything was working fine, and then I had a hard drive
crash.

The miracle workers at an outside agency were able to restore virtually all
of the hard drive files, including system files, onto new DVD disks.

I have the new computer up and running, installed Outlook with BCM, but now
I want to put Outlook/BCM Humpty Dumpty back together again. I had not
before the crash created a backup file that I could now use for an easy
restore process. Am I able to simply copy the requisite files/logs/etc from
the DVD disks? If so, which files must I copy?

How do I get a newly installed BCM to be exactly like it was before the crash?

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Luther - 14 Feb 2005 19:24 GMT

The BCM database usually resides in this folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager

If you replace you current BCM's database with the old one, you should
have your old data back.

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LaserEyes - 15 Feb 2005 18:39 GMT

Thanks Luther, that provided me enough to figure out what I needed to do.

I also needed to move the files at C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

When opening Outlook with BCM, it said the database was "SUSPECT". I
clicked cancel and it took me straight into the database dialog box. I
selected to open an existing database, and everything came up fine.

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