Where are emails / contacts stored if no recent .pst?

[I Am Cdn]

I lost my main hard drive but I can see the files on it when I make it the
slave drive.

I have now re-installed Office on a new main drive and I am trying to get
all of my Outlook messages.

I do not have a recent backup .PST (yeah yeah I know...dumb)

Is there some folder on my old drive that I can copy the appropriate files
over to my new drive and thereby retreive all of my message folders &
contacts?

thanks
[email protected]

 

[Gordon]

I lost my main hard drive but I can see the files on it when I make
it the slave drive.

I have now re-installed Office on a new main drive and I am trying to
get all of my Outlook messages.

I do not have a recent backup .PST (yeah yeah I know...dumb)

Is there some folder on my old drive that I can copy the appropriate
files over to my new drive and thereby retreive all of my message
folders & contacts?

thanks
[email protected]

The default location of your pst file is: C:\Documents and Settings\[Your
username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

 

[I Am Cdn]

Thanks guys...will try that when I get home tonight.

Brian, I dunno.....I tried everything to repair / re-install Win XP on my
original drive. All I got was a blinking cursor...it was not recognized as a
drive by my OEM XP home recovery CD.

 

[JNPT]

I lost my main hard drive but I can see the files on it when I make it the
slave drive.

I have now re-installed Office on a new main drive and I am trying to get
all of my Outlook messages.

I do not have a recent backup .PST (yeah yeah I know...dumb)

Is there some folder on my old drive that I can copy the appropriate files
over to my new drive and thereby retreive all of my message folders &
contacts?

thanks
[email protected]

As you told you can see the data when you make it slave drive. Just copy the
..pst file from there and make it as new default .pst file in new drive
You may find following article helpful.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/287070