did backup, reformatted lost all e-mail

[cynthia]

Hello I did a backup through the windows backup utility. I saw all my
outlook folders pass by. the backup file is 5.63 gigs.

I have my hard drive partitioned.

I reformatted my hard drive C I left my data drive D alone.

When I set up windows I gave my account a different name. Family
instead of valued customer (the old name.)

I installed outlook on D this time instead of C.

I did the restore for the back up to put my settings on D hoping the
outlook program would take it.

When I clicked on outlook.exe it acted like a new program.

I uninstalled outlook from D and installed in on C.

I did the restore to C and a folder valued customer showed up.

When I clicked on outlook.exe it acted like a new program.

I looked in the valued customer folder/ application data and see 8
outlook.pst files.

Is there anyway to recover my outlook adresses and e-mails?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

In Outlook, open each of the .pst files to access your items. You probably have one active .pst and a bunch of archives, or each family member has their own .pst file. Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data File.

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After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) asked:

| Hello I did a backup through the windows backup utility. I saw all my
| outlook folders pass by. the backup file is 5.63 gigs.
|
| I have my hard drive partitioned.
|
| I reformatted my hard drive C I left my data drive D alone.
|
| When I set up windows I gave my account a different name. Family
| instead of valued customer (the old name.)
|
| I installed outlook on D this time instead of C.
|
| I did the restore for the back up to put my settings on D hoping the
| outlook program would take it.
|
| When I clicked on outlook.exe it acted like a new program.
|
| I uninstalled outlook from D and installed in on C.
|
| I did the restore to C and a folder valued customer showed up.
|
| When I clicked on outlook.exe it acted like a new program.
|
| I looked in the valued customer folder/ application data and see 8
| outlook.pst files.
|
| Is there anyway to recover my outlook adresses and e-mails?