Restoring old Outlook address book

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Josh - 14 Sep 2004 04:01 GMT

I recently reformatted my computer which had been running
windows 98. Before I did this I made a complete backup of
the hard drive onto an external drive.

I have now installed windows 2000 on the freshly cleaned
drive and I would like to retrieve my address book from
the backup.

In which file is my address book located if I was using
Outlook running on Windows 98? And where would I move
this file to allow my new copy of Outlook to read it?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 14 Sep 2004 10:52 GMT

Outlook has no address book. All Outlook data is in one file. The file you
need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the mail,
calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

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>I recently reformatted my computer which had been running
> windows 98. Before I did this I made a complete backup of
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> Outlook running on Windows 98? And where would I move
> this file to allow my new copy of Outlook to read it?

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