Re: lost email folders

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 08/10/04


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:43:14 -0400


"Gregg Strand" <gwstrand@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:nSyRc.17098$Jp6.5755@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>I bought a new mobo and cpu. I had been running XP Home with no problems on
> my C drive. I also have a D drive. After replacing the mobo and cpu and
> trying to boot to my system drive (C) I got a message telling me that XP
> wouldn't load. I had a few options to choose from, like Load Windows
> Normally and Safe Mode but nothing worked, I kept going in circles.

Did one of those "circles" involve a reformat? ;)
Do you know for sure that the OE Store was not originally on drive D:
(e.g. if moved there once) in which case perhaps it was reformatted
before the second Windows was installed.

What exactly is on that C: drive now? E.g. to find the oldest directory
open a command window and enter:

    dir/o-d/tc/ad c:\

It should be the last one listed, usually C:\WINDOWS

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle

---
> Finally
> I gave up and installed a new copy of XP on my D drive. When I finally
> booted to D and opened Outlook Express I couldn't find my old email folders
> to import. I searched the C drive but they're not there. I also can't get
> into my Documents and Settings folders on my C drive. Is that part of the
> same story? Any ideas what happened to my email folders?
> Thanks.
>
>


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