address book location

[jpurcell]

I have my c drive backed up on a portable hard disk. I had to reinstall
outlook on my computer. How do I restore my address book and emails from the
portable drive? I have looked for a .pst file and a .pab file on the
portable drive and cannot find it. Thanks.

 

[Harvey]

you have to display hidden files. depends on your op sys on how you do it but
msoft has clear instructions

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You would not have been using a PAB 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 or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[jpurcell]

I displayed the hidden files and the .pst file still does not show up. If I
did not have it displayed when I did the backup, would it have saved the .pst
file? I thought if I did a full back up of everything on my C drive, it
would save everything.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I displayed the hidden files and the .pst file still does not show
up.

You MUST have a PST, if you're a home user, or Outlook would not operate.
Ask Outlook where your PST resides. File>Data File Management or Control
Panel>Mail>Data Files.

If I did not have it displayed when I did the backup, would it
have saved the .pst file? I thought if I did a full back up of
everything on my C drive, it would save everything.

Depends entirely on the backup software and how it is configured to operate.