DELETED ALL CONTACTS ON ACCIDENT! >pooh< !

[cuboosh]

ok i deleted all my contacts on accident and then sync'd the phone to get all my contacts out of outlook 2003 but then i open outlook and it deleted all my contacts from there to! is there neway to pull them off the pc newhere? i mean shit i had like 150 numbers and never threw them onto the sim card cuz i figured i was ok with outlook 2003 keeping them in contacts!

[prestonmcafee]

Usually outlook deletes to the deleted items folder, check to see if they are still there.

Otherwise, if you use a backup program on your ppc, you can restore an old version and get the contacts that way.

[mobilecat]

I am afraid if you didn;t have a back up copy you are fairly stuffed unless like the previous person said you can get a previous version back.

I did this a couple of times when I got replacements MDAIIIs and they were faulty. Now I am very careful to have good backups.

GOod luck - I hope you fix it

[cuboosh]

i dont see a folder for deleted contacts! crap!

[cuboosh]

never mind! found them! ok now what do you recommend to backup contacts?

[kevino]

If you've got them on your PC just export them to a .pst.

File->Import and Export

[cuboosh]

thanks tons! woot got all my numbers back!

[mobilecat]

you can also be more boring and simply create a copy of your files within outlook that wont synch.

I have a duplicate copy of my diary and inbox within outlook as it only synchs the main ones.

[kevino]

The danger there is you could lose your main Outlook.pst. Fine if you back up your PC.

Personally I sync with 2 PC's so I've got everything in 3 places. I have deleted all aapointments then synced, but fortunately I noticed the error after syncing with the first PC.

[street_hawk]

Also, you can sign up for an exchange account from mail2web:
http://live.mail2web.com/

That way you have a copy of your contacts apart from on your pc. Also means you can sync on the go, withour having to plus into a pc!

[prestonmcafee]

I also sync with two pcs, but in addition, I have spb backup which runs nightly and keeps three nights' worth. I occasionally save a backup permanently, e.g. before testing new software. SPB backup will let you restore just your PIM stuff, so you can roll back to any saved point.