The files should be under: My Computer Local Disk C (Your name) Folder Local Settings Application Data Identities (a folder with a label in parentheses containing numbers and letters) Microsoft Outlook Express I hope I got that sequence right. John --- On Fri, 4/15/11, Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [PCSOFT] Where is Outlook file? > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:42 AM > eMachines D2880 running Windows XP > home. Intel Motherboard > had been replaced with HP 090 CL about a year ago which > caused numerous > problems that might have culminated in the crash that > precipitated the current > issue. > > > I just did a non-destruct reinstall of windows and > reinstalled Microsoft Office 2003. As I recall, Outlook > files are .pst, however, is that for backup files or is that > for live files, too? I need to find them to open them. > > My search function is crippled but I would really like to > be able to figure out a way to recover those files from my > hard drive. Currently I have no access to my calendar or > contacts (and I have yet to get internet running, either, so > I am dying here.) > > BTW, where, exactly, would those data files be located? Not > to make anything easier, I have installed some of my > programs on a partitioned D drive, so the data files might > have been effected, too. If I had the search function > working (and knew the file type) this would have been a > piece of cake. But sign, life is not easy. > > Bruce > > The NOSPIN > Group is now offering Free PC Tech > > support at our > website: > > http://freepctech.com > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our website: http://freepctech.com