Re: How to find/retrieve Outlook Express Emails from hard drive ...

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You cannot import such backed up Outlook Express files directly into MS Outlook on another machine, Sandi.

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

About OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

About OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


sandi wrote:
The motherboard on my laptop is no longer functioning, so I have created an
external hard drive from the hard drive in my laptop. How can I get my
Emails from that I was able to access using Outlook Express from the hard
drive so that I can import them into another system running Outlook?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

.

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