Lost Contacts when switching setup

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Hi- My laptop had originally belonged to my husband, and had his contacts in
Outlook (along with messages, task list, etc), originally set up to work with
MS Exchange. I decided to try to reconfigure Outlook (2000 SP-3) to work
with my webmail. Under 'Mail services' I clicked 'prompt for a profile to be
used' and then 'reconfigure mail support'. All of the info from my husband's
account disappeared. I can only find one .pst for him, and it only seems to
contain an old task list- nothing else. I don't find a .pab for him at all.
I assumed that all of the mailbox info was saved on the hard-drive somewhere,
since it was appearing in Outlook. Any suggestions about how I can go about
restoring this info? Thanks.
 
Incorrect assumption. That information resides on his Exchange Server,
nowhere else.
 
How was it appearing on the laptop if it only resided on the exchange server?
W
ouldn't it have to be saved somewhere to continue to appear, even months
after he had stopped using it for work, and therefore connecting to the
exchange server?

Thanks, Lynne

Russ Valentine said:
Incorrect assumption. That information resides on his Exchange Server,
nowhere else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
Hi- My laptop had originally belonged to my husband, and had his contacts
in
Outlook (along with messages, task list, etc), originally set up to work
with
MS Exchange. I decided to try to reconfigure Outlook (2000 SP-3) to work
with my webmail. Under 'Mail services' I clicked 'prompt for a profile to
be
used' and then 'reconfigure mail support'. All of the info from my
husband's
account disappeared. I can only find one .pst for him, and it only seems
to
contain an old task list- nothing else. I don't find a .pab for him at
all.
I assumed that all of the mailbox info was saved on the hard-drive
somewhere,
since it was appearing in Outlook. Any suggestions about how I can go
about
restoring this info? Thanks.
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You have provided no real information. If your claim is that you "lost" this
information only after you reconfigured the profile to use HTTP mail instead
of Exchange, then one must assume that the original profile remained
connected to Exchange. You "lost" it by creating a profile without an
Exchange connection. If instead you meant something else, clarify what you
mean.
Data from Exchange mailboxes does not reside locally unless someone has
deliberately exported it to a local data file, which most companies frown
upon.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
How was it appearing on the laptop if it only resided on the exchange
server?
W
ouldn't it have to be saved somewhere to continue to appear, even months
after he had stopped using it for work, and therefore connecting to the
exchange server?

Thanks, Lynne

Russ Valentine said:
Incorrect assumption. That information resides on his Exchange Server,
nowhere else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
Hi- My laptop had originally belonged to my husband, and had his
contacts
in
Outlook (along with messages, task list, etc), originally set up to
work
with
MS Exchange. I decided to try to reconfigure Outlook (2000 SP-3) to
work
with my webmail. Under 'Mail services' I clicked 'prompt for a profile
to
be
used' and then 'reconfigure mail support'. All of the info from my
husband's
account disappeared. I can only find one .pst for him, and it only
seems
to
contain an old task list- nothing else. I don't find a .pab for him at
all.
I assumed that all of the mailbox info was saved on the hard-drive
somewhere,
since it was appearing in Outlook. Any suggestions about how I can go
about
restoring this info? Thanks.
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Well, I am trying to provide all the info I have. It's correct, I lost the
info when I reconfigured the profile without an exchange connection.
However, my husbands email including contacts were set to synch with exchange
so he could work offline. Since it was synched, and all of the info was
available offline (for months after the last time it synched to Exchange), it
still makes sense that it should be saved somewhere. But where and in what
format?

Thanks, Lynne

Russ Valentine said:
You have provided no real information. If your claim is that you "lost" this
information only after you reconfigured the profile to use HTTP mail instead
of Exchange, then one must assume that the original profile remained
connected to Exchange. You "lost" it by creating a profile without an
Exchange connection. If instead you meant something else, clarify what you
mean.
Data from Exchange mailboxes does not reside locally unless someone has
deliberately exported it to a local data file, which most companies frown
upon.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
How was it appearing on the laptop if it only resided on the exchange
server?
W
ouldn't it have to be saved somewhere to continue to appear, even months
after he had stopped using it for work, and therefore connecting to the
exchange server?

Thanks, Lynne

Russ Valentine said:
Incorrect assumption. That information resides on his Exchange Server,
nowhere else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi- My laptop had originally belonged to my husband, and had his
contacts
in
Outlook (along with messages, task list, etc), originally set up to
work
with
MS Exchange. I decided to try to reconfigure Outlook (2000 SP-3) to
work
with my webmail. Under 'Mail services' I clicked 'prompt for a profile
to
be
used' and then 'reconfigure mail support'. All of the info from my
husband's
account disappeared. I can only find one .pst for him, and it only
seems
to
contain an old task list- nothing else. I don't find a .pab for him at
all.
I assumed that all of the mailbox info was saved on the hard-drive
somewhere,
since it was appearing in Outlook. Any suggestions about how I can go
about
restoring this info? Thanks.
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It is saved in an OST file which you cannot access unless you are using the
profile that includes his Exchange transport.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
Well, I am trying to provide all the info I have. It's correct, I lost
the
info when I reconfigured the profile without an exchange connection.
However, my husbands email including contacts were set to synch with
exchange
so he could work offline. Since it was synched, and all of the info was
available offline (for months after the last time it synched to Exchange),
it
still makes sense that it should be saved somewhere. But where and in
what
format?

Thanks, Lynne

Russ Valentine said:
You have provided no real information. If your claim is that you "lost"
this
information only after you reconfigured the profile to use HTTP mail
instead
of Exchange, then one must assume that the original profile remained
connected to Exchange. You "lost" it by creating a profile without an
Exchange connection. If instead you meant something else, clarify what
you
mean.
Data from Exchange mailboxes does not reside locally unless someone has
deliberately exported it to a local data file, which most companies frown
upon.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Lynne said:
How was it appearing on the laptop if it only resided on the exchange
server?
W
ouldn't it have to be saved somewhere to continue to appear, even
months
after he had stopped using it for work, and therefore connecting to the
exchange server?

Thanks, Lynne

:

Incorrect assumption. That information resides on his Exchange Server,
nowhere else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi- My laptop had originally belonged to my husband, and had his
contacts
in
Outlook (along with messages, task list, etc), originally set up to
work
with
MS Exchange. I decided to try to reconfigure Outlook (2000 SP-3) to
work
with my webmail. Under 'Mail services' I clicked 'prompt for a
profile
to
be
used' and then 'reconfigure mail support'. All of the info from my
husband's
account disappeared. I can only find one .pst for him, and it only
seems
to
contain an old task list- nothing else. I don't find a .pab for him
at
all.
I assumed that all of the mailbox info was saved on the hard-drive
somewhere,
since it was appearing in Outlook. Any suggestions about how I can
go
about
restoring this info? Thanks.
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