[DeTomaso] NPC - am I really Information Technologically screwed?

[dave londry]

Charles
I sure hope a windows pro comes up with the goods here, but:
- normal outlook data files are .pst
- the normal path is /drive/:\Documents and Settings\</user/>\Local 
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
- the upgrade should have left your old user name kicking around and all 
the data in it's path
- if the upgrade cannibalized your old user path, the files should still 
be there

Here is a microsoft page about outlook files.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/outlook-help/outlook-file-locations-HP003082210.aspx

Better tell us if the upgrade was from W7 or an older system and what 
the Office suite was (2010, 2007, 2003 etc.)
dave

PS - I really hate this stuff, but amazingly lots of people who don't

On 10/01/2014 10:56 AM, Charles McCall wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> My laptop had Windows 8 installed yesterday. Before installing it, I 
> dutifully backed up all my files, in anticipation of the reformatting.
>
> I have 2 e-mail accounts, my work account and the gmail account I am 
> using to write this.
>
> I saved the two Outlook Data Files that were located in 
> Microsoft/Outlook. I handed my computer over for the lobotomy.
>
> I got it back and restored my outlook files, but found that the most 
> recent e-mail in my gmail account was from July, 2011.
>
> Long story, but I now see that the Outlook Data File from my gmail 
> account has “date last modified” of July 2011. This must mean that at 
> some point, Outlook began storing e-mails elsewhere, but I don’t know 
> where, and at this point I suppose it doesn’t really matter.
>
> When you link your Gmail account to Outlook, when you send/receive and 
> the e-mail is downloaded to Outlook, it disappears from the 
> web-application of Gmail. It appears on the cloud until you connect, 
> at which point it gets presumably erased.
>
> I’ve apparently lost 100% of my e-mails. All the planning for Le Mans 
> Classic, confirmations of payment, confirmation of schedules… We’re 
> trying to sell some property on the Mediterranean and we have agreed 
> to meet people there in 2 weeks and again other in 4 weeks. Their data 
> is all in Outlook. I use it to store a lot of data, and I’m really 
> kind of screwed if I can’t get it back.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> If you are going on the LMC trip, I have your e-mail addresses and 
> payment info in the famous Excel sheet, but not a single e-mail else… 
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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