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adwarner May 7th 06 11:14 AM

Email from a previous hard drive
 
Having just changed laptops because of constant power faults with my last
one, is there any way I can retrieve the messages that were in OE6 from the
original hard drive? I have a USB caddy and have used it to copy all my
documents across, but I really need the emails that were in the various boxes
and folders, and the address book. Many thanks, Adrian.

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE May 7th 06 02:12 PM

Email from a previous hard drive
 
"adwarner" wrote in message

Having just changed laptops because of constant power faults with my
last one, is there any way I can retrieve the messages that were in
OE6 from the original hard drive? I have a USB caddy and have used
it to copy all my documents across, but I really need the emails that
were in the various boxes and folders, and the address book. Many
thanks, Adrian.


Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
and
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA
Number 1
and
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/




Ron Sommer May 7th 06 02:18 PM

Email from a previous hard drive
 
Search for .dbx files. Include hidden files.
Open OE, File, Import, File| Import| Messages| OE6| Message store
directory, then browse to the location.

The Address Book uses a .wab file. Search for the .wab file.
Open the Address Book. File, Import, .........
--
Ron Sommer


"adwarner" wrote in message
...
Having just changed laptops because of constant power faults with my last
one, is there any way I can retrieve the messages that were in OE6 from
the
original hard drive? I have a USB caddy and have used it to copy all my
documents across, but I really need the emails that were in the various
boxes
and folders, and the address book. Many thanks, Adrian.




adwarner May 7th 06 02:35 PM

Email from a previous hard drive
 
I have tried this but get the error that there are no messages. I didn't do
an export or save obviously on the last time my laptop worked before it
failed. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. I'm working my way
through the websites mentioned in the first message. Adrian.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Search for .dbx files. Include hidden files.
Open OE, File, Import, File| Import| Messages| OE6| Message store
directory, then browse to the location.

The Address Book uses a .wab file. Search for the .wab file.
Open the Address Book. File, Import, .........
--
Ron Sommer


"adwarner" wrote in message
...
Having just changed laptops because of constant power faults with my last
one, is there any way I can retrieve the messages that were in OE6 from
the
original hard drive? I have a USB caddy and have used it to copy all my
documents across, but I really need the emails that were in the various
boxes
and folders, and the address book. Many thanks, Adrian.





Ron Sommer May 7th 06 04:07 PM

Email from a previous hard drive
 
Do you see the dbx files?
Are the dbx files marked Read Only? Unmark Read Only.
Is folders.dbx included?
You may need to take ownership of the drive.
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Taking_ownership

--
Ron Sommer

"adwarner" wrote in message
...
I have tried this but get the error that there are no messages. I didn't
do
an export or save obviously on the last time my laptop worked before it
failed. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. I'm working my way
through the websites mentioned in the first message. Adrian.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Search for .dbx files. Include hidden files.
Open OE, File, Import, File| Import| Messages| OE6| Message store
directory, then browse to the location.

The Address Book uses a .wab file. Search for the .wab file.
Open the Address Book. File, Import, .........
--
Ron Sommer


"adwarner" wrote in message
...
Having just changed laptops because of constant power faults with my
last
one, is there any way I can retrieve the messages that were in OE6 from
the
original hard drive? I have a USB caddy and have used it to copy all
my
documents across, but I really need the emails that were in the various
boxes
and folders, and the address book. Many thanks, Adrian.








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