recovering contacts

[Frosty1]

i have to reinstall windows after a crash. is there any way that i can
recover my contacts if i install the new copy of windows over the currupted
version?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you reformat the hard drive? If not, then this is not a new version of
Windows.
Just search for any Outlook data files (*.pst) and open then in Outlook to
see if any contain your old data. Note, these are hidden files on Windows
XP.