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Q: microsoft address book deleted ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: microsoft address book deleted
Category: Computers > Software
Asked by: meurer-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 24 Dec 2002 08:37 PST
Expires: 12 Jan 2003 19:07 PST
Question ID: 133079
My son deleted my entire "microsoft address book" is there anyway to
restore my data back to  what it was?
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Subject: Re: microsoft address book deleted
From: flajason-ga on 24 Dec 2002 09:49 PST
 
The Address book is associated with a .pab extension.
He (hopefully) may have just disassociated it. If that's the case,
just do a search on your computer for all files ending with .pab
You can then add it back in. Check in the Outlook help file for adding
a personal address book for detailed instructions if you are able to
locate that file.
If the file itself was deleted, check your recylcle bin, you can
restore it if it's still in there.
If it's not there, you have two choices. Build it back up from scratch
or send your drive to a professional data recovery service. (Even when
a file is deleted, it's not really deleted completely. It can often be
recovered) However, data recovery services are quite expensive ranging
from a hundred dollars up to a couple thousand.
Subject: Re: microsoft address book deleted
From: houstonguy-ga on 24 Dec 2002 10:21 PST
 
You may not have to send your drive to anyone, even if the file was
'deleted'. Deleted files usually still reside on the hard drive,
however the pointer(kind of like a shortcut) to the file is gone. You
may be able to recover it using software, there are many companys that
sell software for this purpose, here is a link to just one:
http://www.ontrack.com/software/

do a "data recovery" google search

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