My old pc crashed lost all contacts in Outlook Express

My old pc that has Windows XP crashed and I lost all my contacts I had in Outlook Express. I use MS Hotmail now through my IP firmware-how can I enter in Outlook Express to retrieve my contacts. Help

In the PC crashed, the address book was a .wab file (hidden), but if you can enter the old PC or connect the hard drive to the new PC, I don't see how you could retrieve the addresses.

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