Moving the contents of my Contacts folder

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Setnan - 19 May 2006 08:41 GMT

When moving the contents of my Contacts folder from one PC to annother, I
should export my contacts to a Personal Folders file (.pst) by using the
Import and Export Wizard in Outlook. But what can I do if I forgat to do this
and just made a XCOPY of the complete disk (and then FORMAT) ? I suppose the
contacts are hidden somewhere in one of the Outlook files ?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 May 2006 10:58 GMT

Actually you should never use export and import unless you particularly want
to lose some of your data.
Just copy the PST file and open it in the other installation.
Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

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> When moving the contents of my Contacts folder from one PC to annother, I
> should export my contacts to a Personal Folders file (.pst) by using the
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> contacts are hidden somewhere in one of the Outlook files ?

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