look contacts in 2000

we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a sysytem
restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in XP) into
one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior to
changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had restored
our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook that says
cant find pst

thanks
--
walt v

Russ
Sun Apr 20 13:33:18 PDT 2008

System restore did not recover your data. Restore points do nothing to your
data. That's why you back up data.
Restore your data from your most recent backup.
Or provide a comprehensible description of what you actually did here. Yours
makes no sense.
I doubt you actually lost your data. Just search for all Outlook data files
on your hard drive (*.pst) and open each in Outlook until you find it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:81A333CC-2F67-4737-9AED-4AA8D4CB7428@microsoft.com...
> we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a sysytem
> restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in XP)
> into
> one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior to
> changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had
> restored
> our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook that
> says
> cant find pst
>
> thanks
> --
> walt v

Walt
Sun Apr 20 13:55:00 PDT 2008

Sorry for the poor description. I'll try again.

My wife and I had separate user accounts on XP. For some reason about a
month ago, she opened outlook and it gave the "cant find personal file" error
message. Yesterday I restored the system to the day prior to when she
noticed that, and all contacts were back to normal. Then, for unrelated
reasons, I started to change multiple user accounts on XP to one account.
Prior to this ( and immediately after the successful restore mentioned about,
I backed up the computer onto our external hard drive). I deleted by wife's
user account, being carefull to not delete her files. When I opened outlook
in my (now our) user account, it gave the "cannot find file" error message
and no contacts available. I have searched *.pst on both the desktop and
external harddrive. it found 2 .pst files, one empty and one with one
contact in it.

Thanks

Walt
--
walt v


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> System restore did not recover your data. Restore points do nothing to your
> data. That's why you back up data.
> Restore your data from your most recent backup.
> Or provide a comprehensible description of what you actually did here. Yours
> makes no sense.
> I doubt you actually lost your data. Just search for all Outlook data files
> on your hard drive (*.pst) and open each in Outlook until you find it.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:81A333CC-2F67-4737-9AED-4AA8D4CB7428@microsoft.com...
> > we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a sysytem
> > restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in XP)
> > into
> > one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior to
> > changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had
> > restored
> > our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook that
> > says
> > cant find pst
> >
> > thanks
> > --
> > walt v
>

Russ
Sun Apr 20 17:47:11 PDT 2008

This is supposed to make sense?
You restore from a backup or you find your file. Only you can do that, not
us.
If you cannot, then you have learned why most people backup their data. Time
for you to do the same.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8367A1-E24C-4A6B-BA26-0DFB4DF9377A@microsoft.com...
> Sorry for the poor description. I'll try again.
>
> My wife and I had separate user accounts on XP. For some reason about a
> month ago, she opened outlook and it gave the "cant find personal file"
> error
> message. Yesterday I restored the system to the day prior to when she
> noticed that, and all contacts were back to normal. Then, for unrelated
> reasons, I started to change multiple user accounts on XP to one account.
> Prior to this ( and immediately after the successful restore mentioned
> about,
> I backed up the computer onto our external hard drive). I deleted by
> wife's
> user account, being carefull to not delete her files. When I opened
> outlook
> in my (now our) user account, it gave the "cannot find file" error message
> and no contacts available. I have searched *.pst on both the desktop
> and
> external harddrive. it found 2 .pst files, one empty and one with one
> contact in it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Walt
> --
> walt v
>
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> System restore did not recover your data. Restore points do nothing to
>> your
>> data. That's why you back up data.
>> Restore your data from your most recent backup.
>> Or provide a comprehensible description of what you actually did here.
>> Yours
>> makes no sense.
>> I doubt you actually lost your data. Just search for all Outlook data
>> files
>> on your hard drive (*.pst) and open each in Outlook until you find it.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:81A333CC-2F67-4737-9AED-4AA8D4CB7428@microsoft.com...
>> > we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a sysytem
>> > restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in XP)
>> > into
>> > one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior to
>> > changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had
>> > restored
>> > our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook that
>> > says
>> > cant find pst
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > --
>> > walt v
>>

Walt
Sun Apr 20 18:37:00 PDT 2008

I backup right immediately before my problem arose. If it was just a matter
of restoring from the backup, I wouldnt be on the site for help.

Anybody else have any contructive advice?

wv
--
walt v


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> This is supposed to make sense?
> You restore from a backup or you find your file. Only you can do that, not
> us.
> If you cannot, then you have learned why most people backup their data. Time
> for you to do the same.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C8367A1-E24C-4A6B-BA26-0DFB4DF9377A@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry for the poor description. I'll try again.
> >
> > My wife and I had separate user accounts on XP. For some reason about a
> > month ago, she opened outlook and it gave the "cant find personal file"
> > error
> > message. Yesterday I restored the system to the day prior to when she
> > noticed that, and all contacts were back to normal. Then, for unrelated
> > reasons, I started to change multiple user accounts on XP to one account.
> > Prior to this ( and immediately after the successful restore mentioned
> > about,
> > I backed up the computer onto our external hard drive). I deleted by
> > wife's
> > user account, being carefull to not delete her files. When I opened
> > outlook
> > in my (now our) user account, it gave the "cannot find file" error message
> > and no contacts available. I have searched *.pst on both the desktop
> > and
> > external harddrive. it found 2 .pst files, one empty and one with one
> > contact in it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Walt
> > --
> > walt v
> >
> >
> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> >> System restore did not recover your data. Restore points do nothing to
> >> your
> >> data. That's why you back up data.
> >> Restore your data from your most recent backup.
> >> Or provide a comprehensible description of what you actually did here.
> >> Yours
> >> makes no sense.
> >> I doubt you actually lost your data. Just search for all Outlook data
> >> files
> >> on your hard drive (*.pst) and open each in Outlook until you find it.
> >> --
> >> Russ Valentine
> >> [MVP-Outlook]
> >> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:81A333CC-2F67-4737-9AED-4AA8D4CB7428@microsoft.com...
> >> > we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a sysytem
> >> > restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in XP)
> >> > into
> >> > one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior to
> >> > changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had
> >> > restored
> >> > our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook that
> >> > says
> >> > cant find pst
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> > --
> >> > walt v
> >>
>

Russ
Mon Apr 21 03:30:58 PDT 2008

If so, then you not only have your original file, you also have a backup.
Find and open either one. You must not be searching correctly. PST files are
hidden.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00D1CD4A-E6BF-4372-A1FD-7D66718919B6@microsoft.com...
>I backup right immediately before my problem arose. If it was just a
>matter
> of restoring from the backup, I wouldnt be on the site for help.
>
> Anybody else have any contructive advice?
>
> wv
> --
> walt v
>
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> This is supposed to make sense?
>> You restore from a backup or you find your file. Only you can do that,
>> not
>> us.
>> If you cannot, then you have learned why most people backup their data.
>> Time
>> for you to do the same.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C8367A1-E24C-4A6B-BA26-0DFB4DF9377A@microsoft.com...
>> > Sorry for the poor description. I'll try again.
>> >
>> > My wife and I had separate user accounts on XP. For some reason about
>> > a
>> > month ago, she opened outlook and it gave the "cant find personal file"
>> > error
>> > message. Yesterday I restored the system to the day prior to when she
>> > noticed that, and all contacts were back to normal. Then, for
>> > unrelated
>> > reasons, I started to change multiple user accounts on XP to one
>> > account.
>> > Prior to this ( and immediately after the successful restore mentioned
>> > about,
>> > I backed up the computer onto our external hard drive). I deleted by
>> > wife's
>> > user account, being carefull to not delete her files. When I opened
>> > outlook
>> > in my (now our) user account, it gave the "cannot find file" error
>> > message
>> > and no contacts available. I have searched *.pst on both the desktop
>> > and
>> > external harddrive. it found 2 .pst files, one empty and one with one
>> > contact in it.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Walt
>> > --
>> > walt v
>> >
>> >
>> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> System restore did not recover your data. Restore points do nothing to
>> >> your
>> >> data. That's why you back up data.
>> >> Restore your data from your most recent backup.
>> >> Or provide a comprehensible description of what you actually did here.
>> >> Yours
>> >> makes no sense.
>> >> I doubt you actually lost your data. Just search for all Outlook data
>> >> files
>> >> on your hard drive (*.pst) and open each in Outlook until you find it.
>> >> --
>> >> Russ Valentine
>> >> [MVP-Outlook]
>> >> "Walt" <Walt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:81A333CC-2F67-4737-9AED-4AA8D4CB7428@microsoft.com...
>> >> > we had lost our contacts, which I was able to get back after a
>> >> > sysytem
>> >> > restore. Then I tried to consolidate 2 different user accounts (in
>> >> > XP)
>> >> > into
>> >> > one. Then contacts lost again. Have tried restoring to point prior
>> >> > to
>> >> > changing users accounts, and even back to original restore that had
>> >> > restored
>> >> > our contacts, but still getting error message when opening outlook
>> >> > that
>> >> > says
>> >> > cant find pst
>> >> >
>> >> > thanks
>> >> > --
>> >> > walt v
>> >>
>>