Solved Outlook 2007 Recovery

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kermit1942

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Unfortunately, I am having to rebuild my computer (long story). On the old system I have a backup image using Acronis but when I restore using the backup image and boot I get a BSOD:mad:. I was able to restore the image to an external drive and I can connect to my laptop via USB/eSATA and see everything on the drive. The new system is up and running, and I can access what used to be my old 'C' drive. Here's the situation that I need help with: I was (and will be) using Office Outlook 2007 as my email client. I've been able to recover most of my outlook stuff, what I have not been able to recover is

  1. My email accounts - I had about 10 and with a bit of pain I can recover them.
  2. My rules - I had about 200 and only with a LOT of pain and time will I be able to recovery them. :confused:
Any advice (instructions at the dummy level would be welcome) as to how I can recover my email accounts and rules (especially my rules) would be greatly appreciated.

Where are the email accounts and rules stored in Outlook?
Thanks in advance.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
From the old image I did copy all of the files from

  • [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook
  • [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
On the new build I placed the files in the same location. When I start Outlook I see everything except for my email account and rules. When viewing my emails if I click on the organize icon in the toolbar the "ways to organize inbox" pops up, in the upper right corner of this window I see "New Folder..." but I don't see "Rules and Alerts" as I do on my wife's systems.

Any idea as to why I don't see the "Rules and Alerts" button? Possibly this has something to do with my missing rules.

In other efforts to find a solution I found a statement "Since Outlook XP the rules are stored as part of the data". If this is the case why don't I see my rules after copying over all of the files in the two outlook folders above?
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
OK I just discovered the issue - (DAMN, DAMN, DAMN) - you cannot see the rules and alerts until you create an email account. (DAMN).

I just created an email account for one of my accounts and like magic it is now working. Boy was this an expensive lesson! It took me almost two weeks and numerous LONG days. DAMN!!!!!!
 

My Computer

System One

kermit1942 said:
OK I just discovered the issue - (DAMN, DAMN, DAMN) - you cannot see the rules and alerts until you create an email account. (DAMN).

I just created an email account for one of my accounts and like magic it is now working. Boy was this an expensive lesson! It took me almost two weeks and numerous LONG days. DAMN!!!!!!
Click to expand...

Perhaps it should be HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY.:p
The best lessons in life are the hard ones. :cry: You will never forget this.
Well done.;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
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