Help with restoring Contacts from backup file

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During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
 
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
 
Russ,

Thank you for your post. I am using Outlook 2002. I opened the Archive.pst
and it does not have anything in it, even though the size of the file is
supposed to be 10,528 KB. When I opened the Outlook.pst it seems to be same
file I already had open - with only 3 contacts. Is there anything else I can
do, or should I resign myself to recreating my Contacts list.

Thank you for your help.

Whitney

Russ Valentine said:
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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Archiving is not backing up.
Do you back up your data files?
If you search your hard drive for *.pst, do any others turn up? (enable
search and display of hidden files).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Whitney said:
Russ,

Thank you for your post. I am using Outlook 2002. I opened the
Archive.pst
and it does not have anything in it, even though the size of the file is
supposed to be 10,528 KB. When I opened the Outlook.pst it seems to be
same
file I already had open - with only 3 contacts. Is there anything else I
can
do, or should I resign myself to recreating my Contacts list.

Thank you for your help.

Whitney

Russ Valentine said:
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my
Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office
Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to
tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the
folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import
items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that
menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure
why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on
either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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I don't have anything but archive.pst, so I think I am out of luck. If you
think I have any chance of recoving my Contacts by another means please let
me know. Thanks again for your help.

Whitney

Russ Valentine said:
Archiving is not backing up.
Do you back up your data files?
If you search your hard drive for *.pst, do any others turn up? (enable
search and display of hidden files).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Whitney said:
Russ,

Thank you for your post. I am using Outlook 2002. I opened the
Archive.pst
and it does not have anything in it, even though the size of the file is
supposed to be 10,528 KB. When I opened the Outlook.pst it seems to be
same
file I already had open - with only 3 contacts. Is there anything else I
can
do, or should I resign myself to recreating my Contacts list.

Thank you for your help.

Whitney

Russ Valentine said:
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Whitney wrote:
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my
Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office
Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to
tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the
folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import
items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that
menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure
why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on
either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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The only one I know of is to restore from backup.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Whitney said:
I don't have anything but archive.pst, so I think I am out of luck. If you
think I have any chance of recoving my Contacts by another means please
let
me know. Thanks again for your help.

Whitney

Russ Valentine said:
Archiving is not backing up.
Do you back up your data files?
If you search your hard drive for *.pst, do any others turn up? (enable
search and display of hidden files).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Whitney said:
Russ,

Thank you for your post. I am using Outlook 2002. I opened the
Archive.pst
and it does not have anything in it, even though the size of the file
is
supposed to be 10,528 KB. When I opened the Outlook.pst it seems to be
same
file I already had open - with only 3 contacts. Is there anything else
I
can
do, or should I resign myself to recreating my Contacts list.

Thank you for your help.

Whitney

:

Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want.
If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file.
I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Whitney wrote:
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my
Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One
is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office
Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article
ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop
to
tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the
folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import
items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and
that
menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure
why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on
either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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Could you please explain the process for how to set a given folder as
default? I've imported my contacts from another computer - now they are
loaded in a secondary folder which means I don't get my reminders (which are
the organizational lifeblood of my business). By making this contact folder
the default, will it then activate my follow-up reminders????

Russ Valentine said:
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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You cannot set an individual folder as a default.
You can only set an entire PST file as a default. Method depends on your
version, which you did not provide.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
CKPartner said:
Could you please explain the process for how to set a given folder as
default? I've imported my contacts from another computer - now they are
loaded in a secondary folder which means I don't get my reminders (which
are
the organizational lifeblood of my business). By making this contact
folder
the default, will it then activate my follow-up reminders????

Russ Valentine said:
Importing is never the correct way to restore Outlook data.
Just open this file and see if it contains the Outlook data you want. If
it does, then configure Outlok to use it as its default data file. I'll
assume you know how since you did not provide your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
During a sync between my handheld device and desktop all but 3 of my
Contacts
were lost. I see a couple of .pst files saved on my desktop. One is
Archive.pst (Office Data file) and the other is Outlook.pst (Office
Data
file).

I looked in the Help section, and also on MicroSoft.com at Article ID :
287070, and followed the steps to Import a folder. After the stop to
tell it
how to handle duplicates I come to a window that says "Select the
folder to
import from:" I select Contacts. Below that I can select "Import
items into
the current folder" or "Import items into the same folder in" and that
menu
offers either "Personal folders" or "Personal folders" (I'm not sure
why it
is in there twice) or "Archive folders". I can't get it to work on
either of
those.

How should I proceed? Any help would be appreciated!
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