In my prior employment, we used Microsoft Exchange for email.  My home
computer was set up so I could access the work network using Microsoft
Exchange.  When I left that job, the IT department created a dvd of my
personal address book (saved as a .pab file).  Until recently, I did not have
a Microsoft Exchange Server account so I was using Outlook Express for
emails.  However, I continued to have access to my personal address book and
contacts through Microsoft Outlook offline.  Apparently, as long as I left
that old Microsoft Exchange Server email account set up (although it was
inactive), I was able to view and access those files.   When my new employer
was setting up my home computer so I could access my new work network on my
home computer, I deleted the old inactive Microsoft Exchange Server email
account (my old employer) because I did not realize that doing so would make
my personal address book and contacts disappear.  I have been unable to
recover those files but was told I should be able to reload the personal
address book from the dvd.  I saved the .pab file to my computer (and made
sure it is not set to "read only").  When I try to import it, it loads the
first couple of entries and then sends an error message and reboots.  Does
this make sense?  THANKS