How do I recover outlook information?

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I was told I had a virus and ran a rescue and recovery on my laptop. I
copied my entire C drive to an external HD and reset my laptop to the state
it was in when I received it. How do I find all of my saved emails and
contact information? Can I recover my favorites for IE too?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I was told I had a virus

By whom or by what? Did you not have good antivirus software?

and ran a rescue and recovery on my laptop.
I copied my entire C drive to an external HD and reset my laptop to
the state it was in when I received it.

This seems like a very severe fix for something that likely didn't require
it, btw.

How do I find all of my
saved emails and contact information?

Your calendar data, as well as messages, tasks, notes, contacts, etc. are
stored in a file with a .PST extension. Look here for all the information
you need on backup and restoration of Outlook data:

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

Can I recover my favorites for
IE too?

They're probably in your old documents & settings\username folder, and
you'll have to take ownership if you used NTFS...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;268019&sd=tech