Where is contact and calendar data stored?

[kurt4250 (hamkurt]

I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open to
the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar info
are no longer there. I have had this happen several times.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"kurt4250 ([email protected])" <kurt4250
([email protected])@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[kurt4250]

All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or online in
Outlook98 by first clicking on on either of them in the 'Outlook Shortcuts'
Contacts/Calendar. These are the ones that are pointing to the
Contacts/Calendar in my Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]. I then click on
either the 'New' button and add either the new appointment or contact.

You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"kurt4250 ([email protected])" <kurt4250
([email protected])@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open to
the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar
info
are no longer there. I have had this happen several times.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

How did you save this PST file and reuse it? How do you know you're opening
the right one?
Saving a PST file and re-opening it will maintain all its data if done
correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or online
in
Outlook98 by first clicking on on either of them in the 'Outlook
Shortcuts'
Contacts/Calendar. These are the ones that are pointing to the
Contacts/Calendar in my Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]. I then click
on
either the 'New' button and add either the new appointment or contact.

You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data
file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"kurt4250 ([email protected])" <kurt4250
([email protected])@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open
to
the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar
info
are no longer there. I have had this happen several times.

 

[kurt4250]

I don't mean to be so stupid. I copied all the contents of my C: drive (80GB)
to a USB 200GB Maxtor backup drive, I then put in a new 80GB drive,
reinstalled WindowsXP, reinstalled Outlook98 and then copied back the .pst
and .ost files. As you stated, this should work, but I have bever gotten it
to work.

Kurt Wolfe

How did you save this PST file and reuse it? How do you know you're opening
the right one?
Saving a PST file and re-opening it will maintain all its data if done
correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or online
in
Outlook98 by first clicking on on either of them in the 'Outlook
Shortcuts'
Contacts/Calendar. These are the ones that are pointing to the
Contacts/Calendar in my Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]. I then click
on
either the 'New' button and add either the new appointment or contact.

You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data
file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"kurt4250 ([email protected])" <kurt4250
([email protected])@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file open
to
the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and calendar
info
are no longer there. I have had this happen several times.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I cannot tell from your description what you did wrong. Copying the correct
PST file and opening it in Outlook will give you access to all your Outlook
data as long as you are opening the correct PST file. It concerns me that
you keep mention the OST file. It would not be in play, but the fact that
you have one means you may have been using Exchange Server instead of a PST
file as your primary data source.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't mean to be so stupid. I copied all the contents of my C: drive
(80GB)
to a USB 200GB Maxtor backup drive, I then put in a new 80GB drive,
reinstalled WindowsXP, reinstalled Outlook98 and then copied back the .pst
and .ost files. As you stated, this should work, but I have bever gotten
it
to work.

Kurt Wolfe

How did you save this PST file and reuse it? How do you know you're
opening
the right one?
Saving a PST file and re-opening it will maintain all its data if done
correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All I can say, is that I create my contacts and calendar offline or
online
in
Outlook98 by first clicking on on either of them in the 'Outlook
Shortcuts'
Contacts/Calendar. These are the ones that are pointing to the
Contacts/Calendar in my Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]. I then
click
on
either the 'New' button and add either the new appointment or contact.

:

You tell us. Were you using an Exchange Server mailbox or a local data
file?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"kurt4250 ([email protected])" <kurt4250
([email protected])@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
I saved my .pst and .ost files. I reinstall outlook98 and do a file
open
to
the .pst. When I open outlook, my email folders, contacts and
calendar
info
are no longer there. I have had this happen several times.