Win XP Pro Backup

[cheyenne]

I recently restored my HP laptop with XP Pro's own NTBACKUP. It went well
except it didn't restore (or at least I can't find) my Address Book contacts
in Outlook Express. The backup file is still intact in my external HD. I
have tried restoring only the OE folder, but the contacts still do not show
up.
BTW, ntbackup is also available on XP Home, but is not installed by default.
It seems to be a well thought-out backup application.
Restore is covered in KB309340, rev. 5.1.
Question: How do I recover the Address Book contacts?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I recently restored my HP laptop with XP Pro's own NTBACKUP. It went well
except it didn't restore (or at least I can't find) my Address Book contacts
in Outlook Express. The backup file is still intact in my external HD. I
have tried restoring only the OE folder, but the contacts still do not show
up.
BTW, ntbackup is also available on XP Home, but is not installed by default.
It seems to be a well thought-out backup application.
Restore is covered in KB309340, rev. 5.1.
Question: How do I recover the Address Book contacts?

ntbackup either restores the whole folder or nothing at all.
Your contacts are most likely there but they need to be
linked back in again. Ask an Outlook Express group for
the name of the contacts file, check if it exists, then ask the
same group how to link it in again.

 

[Kerry Brown]

The address book is stored as a .wab file. You can usually find it here:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\xxxxxx.wab

Replace USERNAME with your user name. Replace xxxxxx.wab with the actual
file name. If it is already there you may have to copy it to a different
folder then import it.