See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

Search for *.dbx (hidden) on the old drive. Then copy the entire directory
to the new drive. Then in OE go to File | Import | Messages and point to
that directory.

The address book is a wab file, so search for *.wab and then use File |
Import | Addressbook and point to it.

steve

"Dave Cullen" wrote in message
...
I recently bought a new computer and need to restore the saved mail and
address book from the old system. I have access to the old hard drive via a
USB external connection but I can't boot from it to run the proper backup
tool. Is there any way to simply copy files from the old drive and
overwrite the ones on the new drive to restore the old installation? They
should be very close in versions since they were created by the same
install CD.

Please help, I don't want to lose the old stuff. Thanks.

Dave