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Outlook Express Migration

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by paulk, 2006/12/05.

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    paulk

    paulk Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a new drive installed in my computer. It is now called C: and has Windows XP and OE installed. The old drive is called E:. Somewhere on E: is all my OE settings, address books and stored messages. How do I migrate them to the new drive C:? It appears that Windows XP F.A.S.T. may not be appropriate as it seems to apply to two seperate computers.:confused:
     
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    PeteC

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    Use the File > Import function in your copy of OE on C:\ drive and point it to the location on E:\ drive which you can determine using a file search.

    Windows FAST would work, but not now as the E:\ drive is no longer the boot drive.
     
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    paulk

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    Thanks Pete. What type of files should I search for? ie. suffix?
     
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    PeteC

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    Your Address Book is a .wab file

    Your message folders are .dbx files - Folders.dbx, Inbox.dbx .....

    Your email accounts you will not find unless these have been backed up (exported) when they would be a .iaf file so you may have to set these up again.

    The following article may be of some limited help ....

    How to back up and recover Outlook Express data
     
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    Thanks. I've found the message files using SEARCH in Windows explorer. OE is having trouble importing. Any suggestions?
     
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    PeteC

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    The default location for the message files in OE is ....

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    C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{17F6584F-9827-408F-90B2-38A015FA81E4}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx
    , etc. The numerical string may be different on your computer.

    Copy - do not move, the *.dbx files from E:\ to that location and overwrite the default .dbx files set up by OE. You will need to 'Show hidden files and folders' in Tools > Folder Options > View.
     
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