So is my database completely gone? watchtower54 2/13/2007 8:39:01 PM Hello all, I've been using Outlook 2007 with BCM for about two weeks now and I've run into an issue. I was uninstalling some programs today to free up some space, and decided to uninstall SQL Server 2005 Express as I wasn't using it for anything else (or so I thought). I had installed it with VS2005 and hadn't used it for anything yet. Well, I unistalled SQL Server 2005 Express and it turns out that BCM was using SQL2005E to connect to it's database. So I reinstalled SQL2005E and it's not able to find my old database. When I uninstalled SQL Server 2005 Express, did it take my database with it or is it still located somewhere on my harddrive and I just need to reconnect to it? Any thoughts you could offer would be greatly appreciated :)

Re: So is my database completely gone? "Clinton Ford [MSFT]" <ClintonFordMSFT[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 2/13/2007 10:53:23 PM You can normally find the SQL .mdf and .ldf files in the following location: Windows XP C:\Documents and Settings\<USER>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager Windows Vista C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager -- Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights "watchtower54" <watchtower54[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:48385886-A8C1-4213-98A0-DFAF6708B466[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello all, > > I've been using Outlook 2007 with BCM for about two weeks now and I've run > into an issue. I was uninstalling some programs today to free up some > space, > and decided to uninstall SQL Server 2005 Express as I wasn't using it for > anything else (or so I thought). I had installed it with VS2005 and hadn't > used it for anything yet. > > Well, I unistalled SQL Server 2005 Express and it turns out that BCM was > using SQL2005E to connect to it's database. So I reinstalled SQL2005E and > it's not able to find my old database. > > When I uninstalled SQL Server 2005 Express, did it take my database with > it > or is it still located somewhere on my harddrive and I just need to > reconnect > to it? > > Any thoughts you could offer would be greatly appreciated :)

Re: So is my database completely gone? hjustm 2/14/2007 12:23:03 AM I just "fixed" a simular problem, I had to reinstall the BCM Update after reinstalling the SQL Server. Your database isnt gone it is just unaccessable because the SQL Server isnt configured to run with Outlook BCM. Though you said you uninstalled your SQL Server, if you want to access that database you will need to reinstall the Server and then the BCM update and let windows installer configure your Server to work with Outlook with Business Contact Manager to access the database. After reinstalling the SQL Server and BCM Update you will need to run the BCM configuration screen to reaccess your database. Note: It is a good idea to back your databases often to avoid issues in the future should they arise. Without the SQL will not be able to access your database. Hope this helps. "Clinton Ford [MSFT]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You can normally find the SQL .mdf and .ldf files in the following location: > > Windows XP > C:\Documents and Settings\<USER>\Local Settings\Application > Data\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager > > Windows Vista > C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Business Contact Manager > > -- > Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights > "watchtower54" <watchtower54[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:48385886-A8C1-4213-98A0-DFAF6708B466[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hello all, > > > > I've been using Outlook 2007 with BCM for about two weeks now and I've run > > into an issue. I was uninstalling some programs today to free up some > > space, > > and decided to uninstall SQL Server 2005 Express as I wasn't using it for > > anything else (or so I thought). I had installed it with VS2005 and hadn't > > used it for anything yet. > > > > Well, I unistalled SQL Server 2005 Express and it turns out that BCM was > > using SQL2005E to connect to it's database. So I reinstalled SQL2005E and > > it's not able to find my old database. > > > > When I uninstalled SQL Server 2005 Express, did it take my database with > > it > > or is it still located somewhere on my harddrive and I just need to > > reconnect > > to it? > > > > Any thoughts you could offer would be greatly appreciated :) > > >