MS Outlook Reload? or Not?

[Quippian]

Trying to recover ALL contact info/emails/notes, etc. from Outlook 2002.

May have been wiped from HD because "Geek Squad" tech person may not have backed-up Outlook info while backing up rest of files. Why, I don't know.

 

Hopefully info is somewhere in backed up files.

Or maybe still somewhere on the HD.

 

BUT possibly I can't locate or access because MS Outlook '02 has not been reloaded.

 

HD was restored to original factory settings.

Dell Inspiron 1100 (2003)

 

Question: Should I reload Outlook first BEFORE I try Recuva?

 

Thanks.

 

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