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How to Restore Address Book (only) From A Full Backup To A New XP Install

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Did a full Acronis 11 backup two weeks ago. Today had to do a fresh XP manual install. I thought I could restore the e-mail contact list (WAB address book) into Outlook Express but have not found a way to import the contact list. I tried importing wab.exe from the Outlook Express folder but that did not do it.

Same thing for Internet Explorer favorites.

All suggestions appreciated. Thank you.

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Hello Jon,

I will help you with this situation.

Unfortunately, Acronis True Image Home 11 does not support direct recovery of Outlook Express address books. So you should just recover Wab book file itself and then import it into your Outlook Express. This situation is not related to our software, so I'd recommend you to check this guide for the information.

Regarding Internet Explorer: you should restore the following folders from your archive (since it's not clear from your description which OS you use, I provide you with addresses for Vista and XP):

XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Favorites

Vista:c:\users\[USERNAME]\favorites

Then please follow this article to import the favorites to Internet Explorer.

Please feel free to ask me if you have any other questions concerning our products.

Regards,