The data in a pst file is what you see in OL
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm a site with plenty
of OL info

Address book - depends what address book you are refering to

"kdh9910" wrote in message
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i am not able to understand how .pst backup files work.

i am not able to see what data is kept in my .pst files.

i have no idea how to restore data from my .pst files from an ms full
backup
on an external hard drive to a new hard drive.

i do not want to code anything to do the above, and i did not underestand
what OL and OI were anyway.\

how to i get my address book back from my external hard drive in order to
put it into the same office 2003 program, i.e., outlook.

thanks a lot for layman's terminology