I am freaking out! Please help!

[Milburn]

I just received a new BlackBerry and I sync'd it with my outlook, and it
deleted all of my contacts I had in out look and replaced them with the
contacts from my Blackberry. I need to know if I can some how get my outlook
contacts back, please tell me it can be done! Please help.

Jason

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Have you looked in the Deleted Items folder already? If they are not there,
restoring from backup would be easiest.

Otherwise, it depends on how the BlackBerry deleted them and which mail
account type you are using.
Assuming you are using a pst-file, see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/restoredeleteditemsfromanoutlookpst.htm

 

[Milburn]

I am not sure quite what you are saying, and not to familar with the .pst
files. I searched my computer for a .pst file and two entries came up.
There is a archive office data file that is present, but I am not sure how to
open or restore. I want to thank you in advance for your assistants.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

A pst-file is a database that Outlook uses to store your email, contacts,
calendar items, etc... in. Did you ever make any backups?
An archive file is not a backup file.

In Outlook, choose File-> Data File Management... to determine which
pst-file is your current one.

 

[Milburn]

I just started using outlook about a month ago and never thought to back it
up. I also would not have thought that this stupid blackberry would have
deleted my contacts. With out the back up am I out of luck?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If the referred recovery method or none of the recovery tools can recover
your data, you'd be indeed be out of luck.
It might be a hard lesson, but especially when doing something like a sync
or an import, you should make a backup first. Of course, regular backups (of
any data, not just Outlook data) should always be a common practice when
working with computers and data you don't want to lose.
For a detailed backup and recovery guide for Outlook see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Milburn]

I was afraid of that, thanks!

If the referred recovery method or none of the recovery tools can recover
your data, you'd be indeed be out of luck.
It might be a hard lesson, but especially when doing something like a sync
or an import, you should make a backup first. Of course, regular backups (of
any data, not just Outlook data) should always be a common practice when
working with computers and data you don't want to lose.
For a detailed backup and recovery guide for Outlook see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm