Address book in Windows 2000

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BeetleB

How can I convert a Windows 2000 pab file to use it in the NTFS environment?

I had to rebuild my system after a file in Windows became corrupted. With
the help of phone support, I got to the rebuilding of the file system and did
not have the option to rebuild as FAT32. Now I am NTFS and would like to
recover the address book (mailbox, a pab file) of which I have a saved copy
in backup.

Thanks for any help you can give me.
 
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Roady [MVP]

No need to convert. Windows 2000 can read from both file systems without
issues.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003
 
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BeetleB

Roady,

You are giving me hope. However, the pab file in Windows 2000 was found in
the Exchange directory. That is not in the NTFS file system.
In NTFS it is in the ...\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book directory
and of type Address Book File. How can I replace the current Address Book
File with the old pab file so that Windows reads from it.

Bill

Roady said:
No need to convert. Windows 2000 can read from both file systems without
issues.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003

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BeetleB said:
How can I convert a Windows 2000 pab file to use it in the NTFS
environment?

I had to rebuild my system after a file in Windows became corrupted. With
the help of phone support, I got to the rebuilding of the file system and
did
not have the option to rebuild as FAT32. Now I am NTFS and would like to
recover the address book (mailbox, a pab file) of which I have a saved
copy
in backup.

Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Roady [MVP]

Where exactly is it located then and what file type is it?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003

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BeetleB said:
Roady,

You are giving me hope. However, the pab file in Windows 2000 was found
in
the Exchange directory. That is not in the NTFS file system.
In NTFS it is in the ...\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book directory
and of type Address Book File. How can I replace the current Address Book
File with the old pab file so that Windows reads from it.

Bill

Roady said:
No need to convert. Windows 2000 can read from both file systems without
issues.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003

-----
BeetleB said:
How can I convert a Windows 2000 pab file to use it in the NTFS
environment?

I had to rebuild my system after a file in Windows became corrupted.
With
the help of phone support, I got to the rebuilding of the file system
and
did
not have the option to rebuild as FAT32. Now I am NTFS and would like
to
recover the address book (mailbox, a pab file) of which I have a saved
copy
in backup.

Thanks for any help you can give me.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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