Hi

I have read all the advice on importing and I think I have followed the
instructions carefully but I am not having any success.

I have installed a new hard drive and have the old drive set as a
slave. I have found the dbx files on the old drive and have went
through the import steps ant oe says the import was completed
successfully. However the folders and messages do not appear.

Any help please would be appreciated

Did you try the import using File/Import/Messages, selecting From a Message
Store, and then pointing to the folder that contains the old DBX files and
not to any individual DBX file?
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"bobtracey" wrote in message
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Hi

I have read all the advice on importing and I think I have followed the
instructions carefully but I am not having any success.

I have installed a new hard drive and have the old drive set as a
slave. I have found the dbx files on the old drive and have went
through the import steps ant oe says the import was completed
successfully. However the folders and messages do not appear.

Any help please would be appreciated

Thanks for your reply. I did all that and oe says "import completed
successfully" but there is nothing there.


Jim Pickering wrote:
Did you try the import using File/Import/Messages, selecting From a Message
Store, and then pointing to the folder that contains the old DBX files and
not to any individual DBX file?
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"bobtracey" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi

I have read all the advice on importing and I think I have followed the
instructions carefully but I am not having any success.

I have installed a new hard drive and have the old drive set as a
slave. I have found the dbx files on the old drive and have went
through the import steps ant oe says the import was completed
successfully. However the folders and messages do not appear.

Any help please would be appreciated

Try copying the all of the DBX files from the bad drive to a new folder you
create on your presently working drive. Make sure the files are not marked
as "hidden" or "Read-Only" by right clicking them and selecting Properties.
Then try the import again. You also must include the file named
"folders.dbx" or your import will fail. During the import, point the wizard
to the folder you created that contains the DBX files and not to the DBX
files themselves.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6

"bobtracey" wrote in message
oups.com...
Thanks for your reply. I did all that and oe says "import completed
successfully" but there is nothing there.


Jim Pickering wrote:
Did you try the import using File/Import/Messages, selecting From a
Message
Store, and then pointing to the folder that contains the old DBX files
and
not to any individual DBX file?
--