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Thread ID: 60319 2005-07-28 12:13:00 Recover outlook email & contacts Greven (91) Press F1
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376421 2005-07-28 12:13:00 My parent's hard drive is pretty much dead & took windows with it, but I can still access most of the the partition they were using for C drive (I found 10 gig of healthy space to install linux on). I need to recover the emails & contacts from outlook. I set up a personal address book (.pab file) that they updated whenever they updated their contacts, but it appears to be corrupt. Any chance this is because it was created in outlook XP & I'm using outlook 2003? Greven (91)
376422 2005-07-28 22:03:00 Try this to see if it helps.
To repair a damaged Personal Folders PST file
www.slipstick.com
www.slipstick.com
hth
johnboy (217)
376423 2005-07-28 23:09:00 "There is no comparable program for cleaning up corrupted Personal Address Book (.pab) files. You may be able to view and recover PAB data by opening the file with a hex editor."

so now I'm looking for a free hex editor or a way to get the contacts out of outlook instead of the pab backup.
Greven (91)
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