How to restore Contacts Outlook Business Contact Manager 2003

[Guest]

I backed up computer on a secorndary drive and performed a reload per
manufacturer. After reloading my computer I restored all the data/emails etc
into outlook from the backup but my contacts are not there.

I copied the .mdf and .ldf files from the backup but I still don't have any
contacts. Please assist. Thank you.

 

[Luther]

In BCM v3, the .mdf files in your BCM directory show up in the list of
databases in change database dialog and in the first use wizard. Select
it there and BCM will attach it to its Sql instance and make it the
database for that profile.

In BCM v2, you need to first attach the file to the Sql instance. You
can do that with Sql Tools or, in their abscence, do it from a
command-line using osql. Then you can use the change db dialog or 1st
use wiz to make that the database for the profile.

Here's an example of using osql to attach a database to the instance:

http://beyng.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-attach-database-files-to-sql.html