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Old February 19th 08, 05:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Moira
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Our office server blew over 2 weeks ago. We have recovered all e-mail except
My Address Books are Missing and I still have a Calender & Calendar1 &
Contacts & Contacts1 - neither of which I can delete or rename. Calendar1 &
Contacts1 contain my information but Calendar & Contacts are blank and cannot
be deleted.
We backed up my outlook on my hard drive. Is there any what I can: recover
my multiple address books, put the information in Calendar1 & Contacts1 into
the other 2 folders, or at least delete and rename the ones I want to keep?
Thanks!
Moira
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Old February 19th 08, 06:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Moira wrote:

Our office server blew over 2 weeks ago. We have recovered all
e-mail except My Address Books are Missing and I still have a
Calender & Calendar1 & Contacts & Contacts1 - neither of which I can
delete or rename. Calendar1 & Contacts1 contain my information but
Calendar & Contacts are blank and cannot be deleted.
We backed up my outlook on my hard drive. Is there any what I can:
recover my multiple address books, put the information in Calendar1 &
Contacts1 into the other 2 folders, or at least delete and rename the
ones I want to keep? Thanks!


How did you "recover" the data? Describe exactly what you did.

Outlook's "address book" is nothing more than a view of your Contacts
folders. It doesn't contain any data on its own.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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Old February 21st 08, 10:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Moira
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Hi Brian:

The guy who sold us the new Server did the re-install. He managed to
re-install my Outlook and all my e-mails twice and then couldn't figure out
why I was over quota! I'm the one who found the duplication of all the
e-mail folders. We have been 3+ weeks at this, and I have about 7 or 8
address books that are M.I.A.. Apparently he keeps saying I thought I got
your stuff all fixed. I am at a point that I want to fix it myself. I did
backup my Outlook to a mailbackup.pst file. I would even like the option of
printing out my address books, and re-creating them. There are several of us
in the same office in the same boat, all ready for rubber tooms!
Thanks!
Moira

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Moira wrote:

Our office server blew over 2 weeks ago. We have recovered all
e-mail except My Address Books are Missing and I still have a
Calender & Calendar1 & Contacts & Contacts1 - neither of which I can
delete or rename. Calendar1 & Contacts1 contain my information but
Calendar & Contacts are blank and cannot be deleted.
We backed up my outlook on my hard drive. Is there any what I can:
recover my multiple address books, put the information in Calendar1 &
Contacts1 into the other 2 folders, or at least delete and rename the
ones I want to keep? Thanks!


How did you "recover" the data? Describe exactly what you did.

Outlook's "address book" is nothing more than a view of your Contacts
folders. It doesn't contain any data on its own.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


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Old February 21st 08, 10:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Moira
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Brian, I forgot to mention that we were supposed to get Outlook 2003 and
instead our tech guy install Outlook 2000.
Thanks again!
Moira

"Moira" wrote:

Hi Brian:

The guy who sold us the new Server did the re-install. He managed to
re-install my Outlook and all my e-mails twice and then couldn't figure out
why I was over quota! I'm the one who found the duplication of all the
e-mail folders. We have been 3+ weeks at this, and I have about 7 or 8
address books that are M.I.A.. Apparently he keeps saying I thought I got
your stuff all fixed. I am at a point that I want to fix it myself. I did
backup my Outlook to a mailbackup.pst file. I would even like the option of
printing out my address books, and re-creating them. There are several of us
in the same office in the same boat, all ready for rubber tooms!
Thanks!
Moira

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Moira wrote:

Our office server blew over 2 weeks ago. We have recovered all
e-mail except My Address Books are Missing and I still have a
Calender & Calendar1 & Contacts & Contacts1 - neither of which I can
delete or rename. Calendar1 & Contacts1 contain my information but
Calendar & Contacts are blank and cannot be deleted.
We backed up my outlook on my hard drive. Is there any what I can:
recover my multiple address books, put the information in Calendar1 &
Contacts1 into the other 2 folders, or at least delete and rename the
ones I want to keep? Thanks!


How did you "recover" the data? Describe exactly what you did.

Outlook's "address book" is nothing more than a view of your Contacts
folders. It doesn't contain any data on its own.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


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Old February 22nd 08, 04:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Moira wrote:

The guy who sold us the new Server did the re-install. He managed to
re-install my Outlook and all my e-mails twice and then couldn't
figure out why I was over quota! I'm the one who found the
duplication of all the e-mail folders. We have been 3+ weeks at
this, and I have about 7 or 8 address books that are M.I.A..
Apparently he keeps saying I thought I got your stuff all fixed. I
am at a point that I want to fix it myself. I did backup my Outlook
to a mailbackup.pst file. I would even like the option of printing
out my address books, and re-creating them. There are several of us
in the same office in the same boat, all ready for rubber tooms!


Are you using Exchange or are you using PSTs for your data storage?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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Old February 22nd 08, 09:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Moira
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

..pst

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Moira wrote:

The guy who sold us the new Server did the re-install. He managed to
re-install my Outlook and all my e-mails twice and then couldn't
figure out why I was over quota! I'm the one who found the
duplication of all the e-mail folders. We have been 3+ weeks at
this, and I have about 7 or 8 address books that are M.I.A..
Apparently he keeps saying I thought I got your stuff all fixed. I
am at a point that I want to fix it myself. I did backup my Outlook
to a mailbackup.pst file. I would even like the option of printing
out my address books, and re-creating them. There are several of us
in the same office in the same boat, all ready for rubber tooms!


Are you using Exchange or are you using PSTs for your data storage?
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

  #7  
Old February 22nd 08, 10:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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Default Server Blew - Address Books Lost

Moira wrote:

.pst


Sounds like the techie copied entire folders rather than the contents of the
folders. Open, for example, Contacts1 and select all the items in it with
CTRL-A. Then click EditCopy and specify Contacts as the destination. To
the same with Calendar1 and Calendar. You'll need to display Calendar1 in a
table view like By Category before CTRL-A will select all the items. When
you've finished copying, right-click Calendar1 or Contacts1 and choose
Delete or simply select the folder and press Delete on the keyboard.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

 




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