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Puzzled Celia - 27 Feb 2005 17:41 GMT

Re: Microsoft Outlook/Contacts: After a "computer lockup", I archived all
files, including "Contacts" in MS Outlook to a CD, according to instrucions,
and cleaned off all files from the hard drive. Attempted to copy all
addresses from the D:\ drive to a new Outlook file. Instructions in Help did
not yield results: no Contacts transfer to the new file. Error message said
that I did not have access rights to the Outlook file on the D drive. Can
anyone help me get all my Contacts (addresses and phone numbers) back again?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 27 Feb 2005 18:51 GMT

Copy the .pst file to your hard drive and remove the read only attribute.
Then, use File->Open->Outlook Data File to access your data - do NOT import
unless you don't mind losing data.

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After furious head scratching, Puzzled Celia asked:

| Re: Microsoft Outlook/Contacts: After a "computer lockup", I
| archived all files, including "Contacts" in MS Outlook to a CD,
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| have access rights to the Outlook file on the D drive. Can anyone
| help me get all my Contacts (addresses and phone numbers) back again?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 27 Feb 2005 20:09 GMT

Just to add to what Milly said, archive was the wrong procedure. Archive is
not the same as backup. Archiving moves old information (not all
information) from designated folders, which by default does not include
Contacts. The right approach would have been to simply copy the .pst file
that you were using as the default information store in your mail profile.
If you no longer have that file, then you cannot recover your contacts or
recent mail or appointments, etc., only the old mail that you archived.

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> Re: Microsoft Outlook/Contacts: After a "computer lockup", I archived
> all
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> anyone help me get all my Contacts (addresses and phone numbers) back
> again?

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