Re: Gettin Emails off of "other" hard drive.
- From: "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:02:08 -0800
In WindowsXP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder
Options>View.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~"Michelle" <Michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8A34B8A6-7DE0-4FF4-B42A-82E3E6927F55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This seems to put me on the right track, as I have found the files (in hidden
folders). But, when I try File>Import>Messages, I can only get to "Documents
and Settings\Michelle\" but can't get to "Local Settings", as there is no
option. How do I proceed from there to get to the files to be imported?
Thanks
"Eugene" wrote:
Messages:
1. Connect your old hard drive to the new PC.
2. Find your *.dbx files on your old hard drive (press Win+F to find them)
3. Run Outlook Express, then File>Import>Messages and import all your
messages from old hard drive.
Address book: 1. Find *.wab file on the old hard drive. 2. Run Windows Address Book (Press Win+R, type WAB) 3. Import data from *.WAB file (Menu/File/Import/Address Book (WAB)).
In future use OE Backup - complete backup and transfer solution for Outlook
Express.
See http://www.oebackup.com
Regard, Eugene
"Michelle" <Michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:837D110B-0445-47D5-8EA3-A1129F383D93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I will try this for the 3rd time. For those of you that were so kind as >to
> provide URLs to other websites, the information was useless as it only
> told
> me how to backup drive "C", but not how to retrieve messages from a > drive
> "D"
> or "E" or other such hard drive.
>
> My old computer died after 6 years and the hard drive is loaded with
> emails
> in the OE "inbox" and "sent items", which I very much need to recover > and
> move to my new comnputer. My address book is also on the (old hard
> drive),
> which I also need to recover.
>
> It is critical that I recover these emails and my address book so I
> purchased a USB Hard Drive Enclosure Kit. However, I am having trouble
> finding my address book and the emails I want to transfer to my new
> computer.
>
> Accessing the old hard drive is not a problem, but finding what I want > is
> a
> problem. Can someone please explain (step-by-step) how I can find and
> import
> the saved emails and address book into the OE on my new computer?
>
> Again, these are on a drive that was not backed up. The computer dies
> unexpectedly and I need to recover the emails from the old drive. > Again,
> I
> am asking for (step-by-step) instructions from someone that knows how > to
> do
> this.
>
> Please help!!
>
> Thanks a million,
.
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