Office 2000

I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I find
them?

"WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:431D90B2-F041-4027-99EA-4C5BEEED2E05@microsoft.com...
>I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
> still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
> person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
> and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I
> find
> them?


I think you are getting confused between Windows XP, which is an OPERATING
system and OFFICE XP which is an Office suite. if the repair person
re-installed WINDOWS XP as opposed to OFFICE XP then, yes, you have lost all
your emails and contacts unless you have a backup...

Thanks. You are right. It was Office XP that was re-installed. Does that mean
my emails may be on the system somewhere?

"Gordon" wrote:

> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:431D90B2-F041-4027-99EA-4C5BEEED2E05@microsoft.com...
> >I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
> > still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
> > person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
> > and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I
> > find
> > them?
>
>
> I think you are getting confused between Windows XP, which is an OPERATING
> system and OFFICE XP which is an Office suite. if the repair person
> re-installed WINDOWS XP as opposed to OFFICE XP then, yes, you have lost all
> your emails and contacts unless you have a backup...
>
>
>

WM8484 wrote:
> Thanks. You are right. It was Office XP that was re-installed. Does that mean
> my emails may be on the system somewhere?

Only if you backed them up, which, BTW, is a good idea. Back up is a
computer user's best friend. That said, maybe the tech backed them up
for you. Search for .pst and make sure the search includes hidden files.

Alias

To email me, remove shoes
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:431D90B2-F041-4027-99EA-4C5BEEED2E05@microsoft.com...
>>> I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
>>> still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
>>> person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
>>> and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I
>>> find
>>> them?
>>
>> I think you are getting confused between Windows XP, which is an OPERATING
>> system and OFFICE XP which is an Office suite. if the repair person
>> re-installed WINDOWS XP as opposed to OFFICE XP then, yes, you have lost all
>> your emails and contacts unless you have a backup...
>>
>>
>>


--
Alias

To email me, remove shoes

I searched .pst and found 31,824 kb of Type Office Data File but I can't
open it. Any suggestions?
thanks,

"Alias" wrote:

> WM8484 wrote:
> > Thanks. You are right. It was Office XP that was re-installed. Does that mean
> > my emails may be on the system somewhere?
>
> Only if you backed them up, which, BTW, is a good idea. Back up is a
> computer user's best friend. That said, maybe the tech backed them up
> for you. Search for .pst and make sure the search includes hidden files.
>
> Alias
>
> To email me, remove shoes
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:431D90B2-F041-4027-99EA-4C5BEEED2E05@microsoft.com...
> >>> I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
> >>> still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
> >>> person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
> >>> and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I
> >>> find
> >>> them?
> >>
> >> I think you are getting confused between Windows XP, which is an OPERATING
> >> system and OFFICE XP which is an Office suite. if the repair person
> >> re-installed WINDOWS XP as opposed to OFFICE XP then, yes, you have lost all
> >> your emails and contacts unless you have a backup...
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> --
> Alias
>
> To email me, remove shoes
>

"WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16A0ED2E-EEA8-45C3-8FAA-1584461289E5@microsoft.com...
> I searched .pst and found 31,824 kb of Type Office Data File but I can't
> open it. Any suggestions?
> thanks,
>

How are you trying to open it?

I hit OPEN and it says go to the internet for help or pick a program to open
it with.

"Gordon" wrote:

> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:16A0ED2E-EEA8-45C3-8FAA-1584461289E5@microsoft.com...
> > I searched .pst and found 31,824 kb of Type Office Data File but I can't
> > open it. Any suggestions?
> > thanks,
> >
>
> How are you trying to open it?
>
>
>

"WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news65F16A7-F20E-4C39-8620-BF1DAE1E1962@microsoft.com...
>I hit OPEN and it says go to the internet for help or pick a program to
>open
> it with.
>

You can ONLY open a pst file from within outlook. launch outlook and do
File-Open-Outlook Data File....

WM8484 wrote:
> I searched .pst and found 31,824 kb of Type Office Data File but I can't
> open it. Any suggestions?
> thanks,

Open Outlook. Right click on Personal Folders and choose Open and browse
to where the .pst file is. You can then copy the messages into your new
folders and close the old .pst file when you're done.

>
> "Alias" wrote:
>
>> WM8484 wrote:
>>> Thanks. You are right. It was Office XP that was re-installed. Does that mean
>>> my emails may be on the system somewhere?
>> Only if you backed them up, which, BTW, is a good idea. Back up is a
>> computer user's best friend. That said, maybe the tech backed them up
>> for you. Search for .pst and make sure the search includes hidden files.
>>
>> Alias
>>
>> To email me, remove shoes
>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:431D90B2-F041-4027-99EA-4C5BEEED2E05@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I had Windows XP. Email messed up. I mistakenly installed Office 2000 and
>>>>> still had all my email and contacts. In order to go back to XP, the repair
>>>>> person uninstalled Office 2000 and reinstalled XP. I lost all my old email
>>>>> and contacts. Are the emails anywhere on my computer and if so how do I
>>>>> find
>>>>> them?
>>>> I think you are getting confused between Windows XP, which is an OPERATING
>>>> system and OFFICE XP which is an Office suite. if the repair person
>>>> re-installed WINDOWS XP as opposed to OFFICE XP then, yes, you have lost all
>>>> your emails and contacts unless you have a backup...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>


--
Alias

To email me, remove shoes

I did that and found archive, outlook and outlook1. I opened all three and
the only one that acted different was outlook. It said it was not closed
properly and did some checking for 4 minutes and then opened up but it was
not my old mail, just the new mail i have aquired in the last few days.
Thanks for the suggestions

"Gordon" wrote:

> "WM8484" <WM8484@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news65F16A7-F20E-4C39-8620-BF1DAE1E1962@microsoft.com...
> >I hit OPEN and it says go to the internet for help or pick a program to
> >open
> > it with.
> >
>
> You can ONLY open a pst file from within outlook. launch outlook and do
> File-Open-Outlook Data File....
>
>
>