Restore Outlook address book from a Backup

[Mark]

Hi,
I was wondering if anybody could give me any assistance with a problem I
have.

I have backed up my entire c drive with the Microsoft Backup utility from my
XP home addition disk and have since reinstalled Windows formatting my c
drive.

The problem I have is that I have set-up Microsoft Outlook as my mail server
and have tried to restore my mail folders and address book from my Backup
disk. I previously used Microsoft Outlook Express as my mail server but now
when I use the restore options I cannot find my old Express folder and
Address book, the only thing in the program files/outlook Express directory
is a file called msoe.txt.

Are there any other folders that would contain my missing address book and
folder that I should be trying to restore from?

Regards Mark

 

[DL]

Your Outlook Contacts (addresses) and mail are contained in a single file
the, *.pst file, by default named outlook.pst
(Although Outlook 2000 may also use a wab file)

Outlook Express uses a wab file for addresses

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I have backed up my entire c drive with the Microsoft Backup utility from
my
XP home addition disk and have since reinstalled Windows formatting my c
drive.

The problem I have is that I have set-up Microsoft Outlook as my mail
server
and have tried to restore my mail folders and address book from my Backup
disk. I previously used Microsoft Outlook Express as my mail server but
now
when I use the restore options I cannot find my old Express folder and
Address book, the only thing in the program files/outlook Express
directory
is a file called msoe.txt.

Outlook Express is included with every version of Windows, so if
%ProgramFiles%Outlook Express contains only that file, then you've done
something wrong (unless you're using Vista, in which case something in your
explanation doesn't seem correct).

Are there any other folders that would contain my missing address book and
folder that I should be trying to restore from?

DL answered this.