Re: How do I backup OE6?

From: whyKnot (justdontgetit_at_rochester.rr.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 20:21:42 GMT

Couldn't do it....for some reason, when I go into the FST Wizard, I don't
see my CD drives, specifically no E drive. The "only" thing for the
removable media choices is the Floppy (A) drive. I have a huge load of
important mail in both the inbox and sent box. I tried deleting whatever I
could and I still can't even come close to saving onto floppies as the files
are too large.

Any ideas how to see my "E" drive via the FSTW?

"Marcus Fox" <please-reply-via-newsgroup-th@-i-posted-to.com> wrote in
message news:asVqc.783$FJ2.614@newsfe6-gui.server.ntli.net...
>
> "whyKnot" <justdontgetit@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:p%Tqc.61235$hY.58083@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> > I have Windows XP home edition which I'm not seeing a backup feature in.
> So
> > I have to do this "manually".
> >
> > Here's the story....my hard drive is rapidly dying. Bad clusters and
bad
> > sectors are multiplying by the hour. I'm well over 1800 now and I first
> > noticed bad sectors only a few weeks ago (when I found them, they were
> > already at 224 bad sectors). I can't repair them with the GWSCAN
feature
> > that Gateway provides on its drivers CD. I have a new HD on the way from
> > Gateway. The hardware I can do, no sweat......the software is another
> > story.
> >
> > How do I back up my OE mail box and all inbox, sent and draft mail, as
> well
> > as the address book and how do I save my "favorites" for IE? And once I
> do
> > that, how do I get the settings back into the newly loaded and outdated
> > software?
>
> Use the files and settings transfer wizard on the XP CD, in the "Perform
> additional tasks" menu. Select "this is the old computer". Deselect
> everything but Outlook Express (for IE favourites you may need to leave
> something else checked). Run the wizard. This will create a folder called
> USMT2.IMG or something like that, with an image that can be restored at
any
> time by transferring the folder to another computer via network or burning
> it to a CD. Run the wizard again, this time selecting "this is the new
> computer" and point it to the folder.
>
> Then Robert is very much your mother's brother.
>
> Marcus
>
>

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