"Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" wrote in message
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1st - Restore the Data to Outlook Express:
How to back up and to restore Outlook Express data
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/270670

Then open Outlook and Import from Outlook Express

NO! Not for emails! That changes every "Modified date" field to the date of
import.
The OP must export FROM OE to Outlook in order to preserve the modified
date.

You can certainly import the addressbook that way......