Office XP Unable to open lost all files!!!! Outlook V 10.0.6626.0

16 Oct 2005 2:05 PM

Neil Sheppard

I have the above version of Outlook which I started using about 6 months
ago. I had a problem on my system and had to reinstall Windows XP Pro
I tried saving my Outlook files on three seperate drives to be sure, as they
had all my business files on them. I could not restore the old files nor get
Outlook to open again. I keep getting an error message saying: " unable to
open default mail folder." I need some assistance in the worst way!.
I would really appreciate any help out there.
Thanks

Neil Sheppard

16 Oct 2005 6:35 PM

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

How did you save the files?
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

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"Neil Sheppard" <nshepp***@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I have the above version of Outlook which I started using about 6 months
> ago. I had a problem on my system and had to reinstall Windows XP Pro
> I tried saving my Outlook files on three seperate drives to be sure, as
> they
> had all my business files on them. I could not restore the old files nor
> get
> Outlook to open again. I keep getting an error message saying: " unable to
> open default mail folder." I need some assistance in the worst way!.
> I would really appreciate any help out there.
> Thanks
>
> Neil Sheppard
>
>

21 Oct 2005 6:55 PM

dagdabrona

Greetings,

You can try restoring lost files using active@ undelete tool. It works
really great and never failed me ever before. Really awesome tool, you
should try it out. Really.

http://www.active-undelete.com/

http://www.uneraser.com/ (for DOS)