Outlook PST

[Tony Pass]

I recently had a harddrive problem that required me to reformat and reinstall
XP. Everything went well until I took the exported PST file (close to a MB in
size) and re-attached it to the database. All my past emails and folders were
all there. When I looked for my contacts they were all gone. This is over
2,000 from school, music, work etc that I have used since OS 95. The contacts
are the easiest portion of the data to be saved, simply text delimited info.
Does anyone know if they are still in the PST or are they gone God Forbid?!

Tony Pass

 

[Pat Willener]

You don't export PST files to backup or save, you just copy the PST file
as it is (with Outlook closed, of course).

 

[Gordon]

I recently had a harddrive problem that required me to reformat and
reinstall
XP. Everything went well until I took the exported PST file (close to a MB
in
size) and re-attached it to the database.

Describe how you "re-attached it to the database". The pst file IS the
database.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I recently had a harddrive problem that required me to reformat and reinstall
XP. Everything went well until I took the exported PST file (close to a MB
in
size)

Exporting is not the proper way to make a backup of your Outlook data.

and re-attached it to the database. All my past emails and folders were
all there. When I looked for my contacts they were all gone. This is over
2,000 from school, music, work etc that I have used since OS 95. The
contacts
are the easiest portion of the data to be saved, simply text delimited info.
Does anyone know if they are still in the PST or are they gone God Forbid?!

What do you mean by "reattach it to the database"? Exactly what did you do?
Be explicit in your description. Leave out no steps.