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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2007restore Outlook 2003 contacts
I backed up my ~ 25 Outlook 2003 Contacts by exporting (to a .pst file) + saved in a folder within My Documents. I had to reformat my drive after installing Win XP SP2 + need to restore my Contact info. Tried File-import + found 2 Outlook files saved: the file in My Documents (265 kb) + another (default pop-up) in Application Data\ microsoft\outlook folder (5.35 Mb). When I File-Import-from a .pst file as Help suggests to my Personal Folders-Contacts, I get "The source, destination folders for this op can't be the same",even when I import to a new folder (which shows empty). File-Open-Outlook data file also does nothing. I want to back up data but pointless if I can't restore it. Thanks for any help. (although outside this forum, lost my 'net connection when I installed sp2. Busy writing several folders to cd prior to 2nd attempt. Is there another forum for helpful hints to make this work? thanks) you are on the right track with File | Open | Outlook Data File. So what do you mean by "it does nothing"? I hope this helps you at least a little bit! Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook www.acorntraining.com.au Canberra, Australia Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson >I backed up my ~ 25 Outlook 2003 Contacts by exporting (to a .pst file) + > saved in a folder within My Documents. I had to reformat my drive after [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Busy writing several folders to cd prior to 2nd attempt. Is there another > forum for helpful hints to make this work? thanks) thanks Judy. To clarify: I think I backed up in Dec. using export so import would restore. Using File > Open > Outlook Data File > (default shown=\docs&settings\dennis\Local Settings\Applic DataMicrosoft\Outlook\Outlook (Office Data File, type=Personal Folders File, 5.35 MB)). Opens: Personal Folders - Outlook Today: Calendar, Tasks, Msgs + blank window below. I can try to accumulate contacts again but some lost for good. How should I back up this data? I found I can't easily copy or print Contacts (like a text file). I could write all out by hand. I still need to install winxp sp2 so face the risk of reformatting, reinstalling backups again. Mighty big pain. Thanks again for your help. dennis > you are on the right track with File | Open | Outlook Data File. So what do > you mean by "it does nothing"? [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Busy writing several folders to cd prior to 2nd attempt. Is there another > > forum for helpful hints to make this work? thanks) it sounds like you didn't find the "post file. Search for it and include hidden folders. then use open > Outlook Data file  SignatureI hope this helps you at least a little bit! Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook www.acorntraining.com.au Canberra, Australia Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. Jef Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal > thanks Judy. To clarify: I think I backed up in Dec. using export so > import [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> > another >> > forum for helpful hints to make this work? thanks) .pst file sorry the tablet gremlin got me! SignatureI hope this helps you at least a little bit! Judy Gleeson MVP Outlook Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook www.acorntraining.com.au Canberra, Australia Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. Jef Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal > it sounds like you didn't find the "post file. Search for it and include > hidden folders. then use open > Outlook Data file [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >>> > another >>> > forum for helpful hints to make this work? thanks) > I backed up my ~ 25 Outlook 2003 Contacts by exporting (to a .pst > file) Never export to or import from a PST. It's unnecessary and you lose data. http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm SignatureBrian Tillman |
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