Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
I have lost my contacts on a damaged HDD in Outlook 2002 (XP).
Yes, my backup was out of date a month! I can now access this data with the drive installed as a slave. Is there a way to recover my contacts? TIA, pjl |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
Paul Lady wrote:
I have lost my contacts on a damaged HDD in Outlook 2002 (XP). Yes, my backup was out of date a month! I can now access this data with the drive installed as a slave. If the HDD is damaged, there's no guarantee you'll be able to access anything on it and even if you can, depending on the nature of the damage, you could damage it further each time you do access it. What was the nature of the damage? Is there a way to recover my contacts? Since all of your Outlook data was kept in a single file called the PST, copying that PST to the new HDD and adding it to your Outlook profile should restore your access to it (provided the original HDD damage doesn't affect that file). See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
Thank you very much, you solved my problem.
pjl "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Paul Lady wrote: I have lost my contacts on a damaged HDD in Outlook 2002 (XP). Yes, my backup was out of date a month! I can now access this data with the drive installed as a slave. If the HDD is damaged, there's no guarantee you'll be able to access anything on it and even if you can, depending on the nature of the damage, you could damage it further each time you do access it. What was the nature of the damage? Is there a way to recover my contacts? Since all of your Outlook data was kept in a single file called the PST, copying that PST to the new HDD and adding it to your Outlook profile should restore your access to it (provided the original HDD damage doesn't affect that file). See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
Paul Lady wrote:
Thank you very much, you solved my problem. Glad to hear it. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
I just encountered another "funny" in this episode.
I burned a CD of the relevant *.pst files so that I could recover the rest of the personal folder contents. The CD burned but it would not allow access from outlook,open,data file. some comment like not authorized. files are marked read only, is this the problem? how do I change that with the CD burner? I tried and did not find any option to set file properties. TIA, again, pjl "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Paul Lady wrote: Thank you very much, you solved my problem. Glad to hear it. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
Paul Lady wrote:
I just encountered another "funny" in this episode. I burned a CD of the relevant *.pst files so that I could recover the rest of the personal folder contents. The CD burned but it would not allow access from outlook,open,data file. some comment like not authorized. files are marked read only, is this the problem? You must have read/write access to a PST in order to open it. how do I change that with the CD burner? I tried and did not find any option to set file properties. You can't change the attributes on the CD. CDs are, by definition, read only. COpy the PSTs you your hard drive and then remove the read-only attribute. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
Recover contacts in Outlook 2002
Again, thank you, it worked.
pjl "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Paul Lady wrote: I just encountered another "funny" in this episode. I burned a CD of the relevant *.pst files so that I could recover the rest of the personal folder contents. The CD burned but it would not allow access from outlook,open,data file. some comment like not authorized. files are marked read only, is this the problem? You must have read/write access to a PST in order to open it. how do I change that with the CD burner? I tried and did not find any option to set file properties. You can't change the attributes on the CD. CDs are, by definition, read only. COpy the PSTs you your hard drive and then remove the read-only attribute. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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