qtpa2t wrote:

After I changed the settings in my CP, the only two files that show
are 'extend.dat' and 'outlook.pst'. I did a search for 'archive.pst'
on my hard drives and it came up with nothing. I don't think this
looks good for me?

I'd agree. It sounds like you have no archive PST.

Do you know of any other settings that will automatically delete my
stuff without asking?

Not from the calendar. First, make sure there are no filters on yuor
calendar view. Try displaying it in a table view to see if there's any
difference in the amount of data displayed. Also were I in your shoes, I'd
consider using an undelete utility
(http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ is one) to look for any prior
PSTs that may have been deleted.

You'd also do well going forward to periodically back up your PST. The
simplest way is to copy it while Outlook is closed and then, perhaps, burn
the copy to a CD. You can keep adding subsecquent PSTs to this CD if you
do't finalize the session or if you use a CD-RW so that you can go back to
any point you wish in the event of a failure. If you don't want to burn to
a CD, just keeping copies in another folder will suffice in cases where your
hard drive is still available.
--
Brian Tillman