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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / October 2004Where is contact and calendar data stored?
I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open to the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar info are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data file?  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open to > the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar > info > are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or online in Outlook98 by first clicking on on either of them in the 'Outlook Shortcuts' Contacts/Calendar. These are the ones that are pointing to the Contacts/Calendar in my Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]. I then click on either the 'New' button and add either the new appointment or contact. > You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data file? > >I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open to > > the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar > > info > > are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. How did you save this PST file and reuse it? How do you know you're opening the right one? Saving a PST file and re-opening it will maintain all its data if done correctly. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or online > in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> > info >> > are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. I don't mean to be so stupid. I copied all the contents of my C: drive (80GB) to a USB 200GB Maxtor backup drive, I then put in a new 80GB drive, reinstalled WindowsXP, reinstalled Outlook98 and then copied back the .pst and .ost files. As you stated, this should work, but I have bever gotten it to work. Kurt Wolfe > How did you save this PST file and reuse it? How do you know you're opening > the right one? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> > info > >> > are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. I cannot tell from your description what you did wrong. Copying the correct PST file and opening it in Outlook will give you access to all your Outlook data as long as you are opening the correct PST file. It concerns me that you keep mention the OST file. It would not be in play, but the fact that you have one means you may have been using Exchange Server instead of a PST file as your primary data source. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I don't mean to be so stupid. I copied all the contents of my C: drive >(80GB) [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> > info >> >> > are no longer there. I have had this happen several times. |
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