On Feb 18, 10:05 am, Papercrusher <roybe...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 6:51 am, Sun Embraser <sunembraser2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 15, 4:09 pm, Papercrusher <roybe...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > I had a motherboard failure and needed to reinstall Windows on another
> > > drive. How can I retreive the bcm data off the old hard drive? Where
> > > are the old files located.
>
> > > Thanks for your help.
>
> > Hi Papercrusher,
> > If your previous Windows OS is XP, then the database should be stored
> > under:
> > "C:\Documents and Settings\[your_user_name]\Local Settings\Application
> > Data\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager"
>
> > On Vista and Windows 7, it is under:
> > "C:\Users\[your_user_name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact
> > Manager"
>
> > Look for database files with file extension ".mdf" and ".ldf". Place
> > them in your new drive under similar directory and ask BCM to connect
> > to local database to recover them.
> > FYI, it is a good habit to have to regularly back up your database or
> > export your data...
>
> > John
> John:
> I have the MSSmallBusiness.mdf and MSSmallBusiness.ldf files from the
> old hard disk and tried several methods to recover them and was not
> successful.
> I tried to just replace them on the new drive and also renaming them
> in the same directory as the orignal and could not connect. I am using
> Outlook 2007 on a Windows 7 computer.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks-
I found a solution to restoring BCM data from the .mdf and .ldf files.
These can be from another hard drive or backups. This is what I did to
get them back:
1. Uninstalled Business Contact Manager and SQL Server 2005
completely.
2. Copied the MSSmallBusiness.mdf and MSSmallBusiness.ldf files to
the orignal directory - On Vista and Windows 7, it is under: "C:\Users\
[your_user_name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager"
3. Started Outlook and followed the setup for BCM. Chose to 'create a
new datafile or use existing datafile' option.
It worked like a charm - all of my BCM contacts were restored!
Hope this helps for others having the same issue.