Can't find .bcm on hard drive...??

[Rebecca]

In a nutshell: I have a new hard drive. The OS and software are all exactly
the same as my old hard drive. I pulled all of my files over, no problem
(.pst, etc.). But, when I searched my old hard drive for the .bcm file to
pull over - there isn't one.

Long story: My computer wouldn't boot. Dell tech support determined it was
the hard drive and they sent me a new one. I'd only had the computer for a
couple of months and hadn't backed anything up (bad, I know, I know). But, I
have a hard drive reader and was able to see and retrieve everything off of
the old hard drive. So, I didn't lose any files or emails or data.

Except for my Business Contact Manager database, which may be the most
critical thing.

So, I'm looking for a .bcm file on my old hard drive and there isn't one.
Does it only create the .bcm when you back it up? But, my BCM must be on
that hard drive somewhere...right?

 

[Luther]

In a nutshell:  I have a new hard drive.  The OS and software are all exactly
the same as my old hard drive.  I pulled all of my files over, no problem
(.pst, etc.).  But, when I searched my old hard drive for the .bcm file to
pull over - there isn't one.  

Long story:  My computer wouldn't boot.  Dell tech support determined it was
the hard drive and they sent me a new one.  I'd only had the computer for a
couple of months and hadn't backed anything up (bad, I know, I know).  But, I
have a hard drive reader and was able to see and retrieve everything off of
the old hard drive.  So, I didn't lose any files or emails or data.  

Except for my Business Contact Manager database, which may be the most
critical thing.

So, I'm looking for a .bcm file on my old hard drive and there isn't one.  
Does it only create the .bcm when you back it up?  But, my BCM must be on
that hard drive somewhere...right?

Files with the .bcm extension are created when you export data from
BCM.

The BCM database file (.mdf) is typically in this folder:
Xp: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data
\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager
Vista: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact
Manager