Outlook 2003 contacts/calendar

[TM]

I had an issue with my computer and experienced the "blue screen of death",
and the ensuing "beginning dump of physical memory" message.

subsequently, i lost my entire profile, and all of my email, contacts and
calendar from Outlook 2003.

I was able to recover my email, but am hitting a dead end trying to find and
recover my contacts and calendar.

any suggestions?

thanks,

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Which method of recovery did you use? It's all kept in the same pst-file.

 

[TM]

I simply found the file in the hidden files, then copied them to another
location. then i created a "new" personal folder and opened it up in outlook
so it showed up at the bottom of my folders list in outlook.

then i just copied all of my old folders into the new inbox.

From the sounds of it, there's a better way to do this?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You made a good start. Switch to the Folder List view and verify that your
Contacts and Calendar are also in the secondary pst-file.
You can indeed copy the content to a new pst-file but you can also set it as
the default delivery location in your Account configuration and then you
have to copy a thing ;-)

I simply found the file in the hidden files, then copied them to another
location. then i created a "new" personal folder and opened it up in
outlook
so it showed up at the bottom of my folders list in outlook.

then i just copied all of my old folders into the new inbox.

From the sounds of it, there's a better way to do this?

 

[TM]

thanks. you got a bit ahead of me talkign about the secondary pst file.
should this be in the same location? is it called secondary pst file?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is your second folder set at the bottom you mentioned earlier.