Restore email messages and address book from CD back-up

[fayzey]

I had to reinstall XP (SP2). All my email messages and my address book are on
seperate CD's and I have been unable to put them back into Office Outlook
2003 (with Business Contact Manager) . Does anyone know how to do this? DBX
and WAB files. Thank you!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook uses neither DBX nor WAB files.
Did you manage to save your Outlook data?

 

[fayzey]

I'm not sure what you mean by Outlook data, sorry. My hard drive was ghosted
to a new one but the email and address book apparently didn't make it across.
The tech put those on CD, from the old hard drive image: the files on the CDs
are all DBX and WAB and I can't open them with anything I have. That would
explain why I can't import them, copy, or drag them, I guess. Any
suggestions? Thank you!

Outlook uses neither DBX nor WAB files.
Did you manage to save your Outlook data?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I had to reinstall XP (SP2). All my email messages and my address book are
on
seperate CD's and I have been unable to put them back into Office Outlook
2003 (with Business Contact Manager) . Does anyone know how to do this?
DBX
and WAB files. Thank you!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm not sure what you mean by Outlook data, sorry. My hard drive was
ghosted
to a new one but the email and address book apparently didn't make it
across.
The tech put those on CD, from the old hard drive image: the files on the
CDs
are all DBX and WAB and I can't open them with anything I have. That would
explain why I can't import them, copy, or drag them, I guess. Any
suggestions? Thank you!

Outlook uses neither DBX nor WAB files.
Did you manage to save your Outlook data?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I had to reinstall XP (SP2). All my email messages and my address book
are
on
seperate CD's and I have been unable to put them back into Office
Outlook
2003 (with Business Contact Manager) . Does anyone know how to do this?
DBX
and WAB files. Thank you!