I formated my computer a while back, and made a copy of my Outlook contacts. Unfortunately, it didn't occur to me that the events set with the contacts would be gone when I imported them.

For example, I have a list of PEOPLE with birthdays. All of the reminders for their birthdays are all gone. Is there anyway to get these reminders back without having to input them manually, or input the contacts again manually?

Thank you and best regards.If I'm wrong on the following I expect to be corrected shortly. But I don't think I'm wrong on this: FORMATTING removes ALL information on the hard drive, permanently. This, as you might imagine, is both a godsend and a CURSE: Godsend if the best efforts cannot get the computer to work, and a curse because the data is gone permanently. I'm sorry, but there is no way to get it back without inputting it again.

NEVER regret a format. It does a world of good for the system. The only reason we don't do it daily is that reinstallation is a PAIN in the backside. That and settings, lost data that isn't backed up, etc...