How to restore contacts and folders without Wizard

[Tomas]

I had to wipe my disk and reinstall Windows XP (probably
due to damaged caused by a virus). I did now know about
the Wizard that Outlook 2003 has for this purpose. I
saved the contacts.pst file archived all my personal
folders. I tried to import my contacts file and browsed
to it, but nothing happened. Does anyone know how I can
put restore these files?

 

[Tomas]

Good news! I also saved the Outlook.pst file. That
seemed to have all of my folders. I did a search and
found the one same file that Outlook installed and pasted
the original file in the folder overwriting the nearly
empty setup version of the file. Now I just have to
figure out the contacts. I will make a new post on
that.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I had to wipe my disk and reinstall Windows XP (probably
due to damaged caused by a virus). I did now know about
the Wizard that Outlook 2003 has for this purpose. I
saved the contacts.pst file archived all my personal
folders. I tried to import my contacts file and browsed
to it, but nothing happened. Does anyone know how I can
put restore these files?

Juat Open them. File>Open>Outlook Data File>Personal Folders File.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I did a search and
found the one same file that Outlook installed and pasted
the original file in the folder overwriting the nearly
empty setup version of the file.

This can corrupt your PST. Never overwrite a PST. Simply Open it
(File>Open).
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.