Did you do a repair install or a full install?
Is this question about Outlook or Outlook Express?
dbx files are hidden files. Did you search for hidden files?
A pst file would be for Outlook.
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Ronald Sommer

"jamesholley" wrote in message
...
Hi, I recently had an issue starting windows xp home after installin
service
pack 3.
I had to use the installation cd to recover the system, refreshing my
start
up files.
When it restarted, I noticed that alot of the desktop icons had gone and
more annoyingly, my outlook address book and all my saved mails seem to
have
gone, and I cannot import them back into outlook, as I cannot find them
when
searching for a .dbx or .pst file.

Any ides?

Thanks

James