deleted contact / catagorie

[Jess]

I run Microsoft Office 2007 to run a small business. I believe I deleted
contacts and catagorie info when I switch from my old Outlook Express. I
looking in my deleted items folder and there is nothing there. Is there any
way to get my 500+ contacts back!!??

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Deleted from where? Outlook or Outlook Express? If Outlook Express, have
you looked in the Windows Recycle Bin? If you show any .dbx files there,
restore them to OE and then try it again and DON'T delete anything from
anywhere until you have verified that they appear in the correct program.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Jess asked:

| I run Microsoft Office 2007 to run a small business. I believe I
| deleted contacts and catagorie info when I switch from my old Outlook
| Express. I looking in my deleted items folder and there is nothing
| there. Is there any way to get my 500+ contacts back!!??

 

[Mango]

Jess wrote on Fri, 07 August 2009 15:5

I run Microsoft Office 2007 to run a small business. I believe I deleted
contacts and catagorie info when I switch from my old Outlook Express. I
looking in my deleted items folder and there is nothing there. Is there any
way to get my 500+ contacts back!!?

Hello,

One can migrate from old version of outlook to newer one but not from OE to MS Outlook. Anyways, if its MS Outlook PST file which had the contacts, then you can recover from the PST file by using PST recovery software: http://www.recovermails.com/pst-recovery.html

If it is outlook express then search it in Recycle Bin, when found import to Outlook Express and view the contacts again.

 

[petzl]

I run Microsoft Office 2007 to run a small business. I believe I deleted
contacts and catagorie info when I switch from my old Outlook Express. I
looking in my deleted items folder and there is nothing there. Is there any
way to get my 500+ contacts back!!??

Microsoft have a notoriety of deleting ones contact during an
"upgrade" (often done invisibly) always back up regularly

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Microsoft have a notoriety of deleting ones contact during an
"upgrade" (often done invisibly) always back up regularly

Patently false.

 

[wangdong]

You can also try a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced
Outlook Repair to repair your PST file. It is a powerful tool to
recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged
Microsoft Outlook PST files.

Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at
http://www.datanumen.com/aor/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/aor.exe
Good luck!
Wangdong