Restore from backup

[Teri]

I have Windows Vista and created a backup to an external hard drive prior to
conducting a system restore. I have re-installed Microsoft Office 2003 and am
trying to restore my contacts, emails and personal folders. How do I do that?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

See http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

In general you recreate your mail profile and connect to your pst-file by;
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

 

[Teri]

I did that but nothing happened. All my back files are on the my F drive but
I am unable to locate any .pst files within those back up files. Could they
have been backed up under a different file name?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No. Have you verified that you actually backed them up?