After my computer crashed (XP would not load up on my C partition), As I had not backed up(ofr the first and last time) I re installed XP on my D partitionand copied all my folders from my C partition to my D partition. I then reformatted the C partion and copied the files back. When I try to access Word, excel etc it comes up with an error saying "the operating sytem is not presently configured to run this application". Is there any way to correct this apart from re loading Office? (my discs are with a business colleague at the other side of the country). I would also like to know where my outlook emails would be held and if I re load outlook will it automatically find them again? or will I need to point to them. Again my Emails were not archived. Thanks for your help

Word won't work as the office installation installs DLL's and the like in various windows folders, if you have your cd key you can use someone elses CD. You could also use a free office program such as open office or ability office, these read a lot of office files. re your emails as long as you can find the folder that contains them there should not be a problem, If my memory serves me right you can just cut n paste them into the new folder Techy n Welsh

Thanks for that.

Further help please. As I had not archived my Emails (How stupid) the .pst file was empty. Would outlook store my emails, contacts and calander anywhere else? I have managed to restore emails from an old .dbx file from outlook express but there does not seem to be anything similar for outlook apart from the .pst files, is this correct? Thanks for your help in advance.