Outlook address book recovery

[fabes]

Hi

Similar to thread below, but I am on the back foot and in need of some help

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/pc-i-t-support-advice-posts/73076-transferring-outlook.html

Reinstalled Win XP on main PC.
Before that I backed up the whole PC (all of the many partitions on it - reason for 'rebuild') onto a Segate drive purchased for the job

So....

The email address book is on the Seagate - but where.

I have found hidden folders, I have looked in username/docs/app data/MS/address book and even ditto for Office and got spam address list in text docs, but no joy with an actual address book

I didn't save it specifically before backing up

So how do I / can I access it it copy across to the reinstalled Office XP on the PC again?

RSVP

Thanks, hopefully

Fabes

 

[Sp!ke]

what version of Outlook are you using?

Up to 2003 it would normally be a .pab file, found under

C:\Documents and Settings\[userprofile]\Application Data\Microsoft\

It could also be contained inside a personal folder (PST file) in the same location.

 

[fabes]

Outlook XP (Office XP)

I looked here, but al i can find is a 173kb file with nothing in it

Does it store the addresses elsewhere and access them from here?

Cheers

Fabes

 

[Sp!ke]

Did you migrate all the PST files into the new instance of office? If so, have you looked inside all the PST's?

 

[MBK]

If its outlook express then you can find your address book in the following location;

DRIVE:\Documents and Settings\(user_name)\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\user_name.wab

 

[fabes]

Nope

I didn't prepare anything, I cannot find anything (old emails nor the more important address book contents) so I have not migrated anything in

Might have really naffed this up - but the backup as nigh on the exact same size as the accumulation of the drives I copied, so I know/assume its all there.

Becoming more frustrated

Any and all help appreciated

 

[timskemp]

Outlook keeps its contacts in your PSTs - if they haven't just appeared then you've either kept the wrong ones or they're corrupt...

 

[fabes]

Well knock me down with a feather!!!

I found both the address book and all the personal folders here

C:\Doc and S\user\Local Settings\App Data\Microsoft\Outlook

and a nice healthy 140MB office data file waiting for me to import (not registering as a pst file!)

I can now have a beer!

Cheers for the help

Fabes