Outlook 2002 - Trying to restore contacts and folders after crash

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Patti

Recently my computer crashed. Previously, I had backed up
to a DVD disc all files. Also, all files were stored for
me before re-format to "ghost explorer". I can find on
ghost explorer my dbx files. However, I cannot open any
of these nor restore to current Outlook 2002. I get a
message that says "an error occurred in the folder
shortcuts file (.fav)Outlook will recreate the default
folder shortcuts. The folder shortcuts file is not
valid. Any suggestions?
 
I would suggest you explain this backup processes in sufficient detail for
us to make some sense of it. What in the world is "ghost explorer?"
 
Ghost Explorer is utility program by Norton. Image files
are created when a computer's hard drive or partition is
dumped containing data, applications, and registry
settings. You get these files and programs and copy them
to another computer. After re-formatting the original
computer that crashed you load them back on as part of a
cloning task. Ghost Explorer let you view,alter,add, and
extract files from an image file. This means that you can
add extra files to the image file, rearrange the files
within the image file, and extract files from the image
file. It also does lots of other things. It is like
having on your desktop all the programs and files that you
had before you computer crashed.(Like having a back up.)
Then you can extract and copy back on to your hard drive
only the files you want to.
-----Original Message-----
I would suggest you explain this backup processes in sufficient detail for
us to make some sense of it. What in the world is "ghost explorer?"
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Recently my computer crashed. Previously, I had backed up
to a DVD disc all files. Also, all files were stored for
me before re-format to "ghost explorer". I can find on
ghost explorer my dbx files. However, I cannot open any
of these nor restore to current Outlook 2002. I get a
message that says "an error occurred in the folder
shortcuts file (.fav)Outlook will recreate the default
folder shortcuts. The folder shortcuts file is not
valid. Any suggestions?
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Outlook does not use dbx files. Outlook Express does.
Which were you using?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Patti said:
Ghost Explorer is utility program by Norton. Image files
are created when a computer's hard drive or partition is
dumped containing data, applications, and registry
settings. You get these files and programs and copy them
to another computer. After re-formatting the original
computer that crashed you load them back on as part of a
cloning task. Ghost Explorer let you view,alter,add, and
extract files from an image file. This means that you can
add extra files to the image file, rearrange the files
within the image file, and extract files from the image
file. It also does lots of other things. It is like
having on your desktop all the programs and files that you
had before you computer crashed.(Like having a back up.)
Then you can extract and copy back on to your hard drive
only the files you want to.
-----Original Message-----
I would suggest you explain this backup processes in sufficient detail for
us to make some sense of it. What in the world is "ghost explorer?"
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Recently my computer crashed. Previously, I had backed up
to a DVD disc all files. Also, all files were stored for
me before re-format to "ghost explorer". I can find on
ghost explorer my dbx files. However, I cannot open any
of these nor restore to current Outlook 2002. I get a
message that says "an error occurred in the folder
shortcuts file (.fav)Outlook will recreate the default
folder shortcuts. The folder shortcuts file is not
valid. Any suggestions?
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Patti said:
I can find on
ghost explorer my dbx files. However, I cannot open any
of these nor restore to current Outlook 2002.
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DBX files have nothing to do with Outlook. They are message stores for
Outlook Express. Perhaps if you'd reference them with the correct program,
you'd get them to work.
 
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