Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c. But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express, I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or any
addresses. Any ideas?

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c. But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express, I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or any
addresses. Any ideas?

The addresses and emails I want to move are on the slave drive on an older
version of OE. Even if I can manage to back them up, I don't know where to
send them to restore, as the new OE looks different than the old. If I knew
what folder(s) that OE holds addresses and email in I could just copy and
paste them, but don't know the destination.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c. But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express, I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or any
addresses. Any ideas?

You may have OE5 or 5.5 on the old machine, but the process is the same as
OE6. Everything you need should be covered in the link I provided. However,
some additional help:

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location
in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the
location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.

Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/clone.htm

If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP setup
CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
The addresses and emails I want to move are on the slave drive on an older
version of OE. Even if I can manage to back them up, I don't know where to
send them to restore, as the new OE looks different than the old. If I
knew
what folder(s) that OE holds addresses and email in I could just copy and
paste them, but don't know the destination.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP
and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c.
But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express,
I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or
any
addresses. Any ideas?

From http://www.insideoe.com/backup/simple.htm
To restore your mail folders, open OE and click File| Import| Messages| OE5
(or OE6 if OE5 is not listed)| Message store directory, then browse to the
folder containing your old messages. Do not copy the backup files into the
current OE message store or the import will fail.

If the files are not dbx files, but are idx and mbx files, then you choose
OE4 and point to the folder above the store folder. In other words, the OE4
files will be in a Mail folder. Point to the folder containing the Mail
folder.
--
Ron Sommer

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
The addresses and emails I want to move are on the slave drive on an older
version of OE. Even if I can manage to back them up, I don't know where to
send them to restore, as the new OE looks different than the old. If I
knew
what folder(s) that OE holds addresses and email in I could just copy and
paste them, but don't know the destination.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP
and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c.
But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express,
I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or
any
addresses. Any ideas?

Ok, I've finally managed to import my messages, but still cannot import my
address book. I located it in the old OE, which is 6.0, but I keep getting an
error message.

Started a new thread in error. Sorry about that.


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

From http://www.insideoe.com/backup/simple.htm
To restore your mail folders, open OE and click File| Import| Messages| OE5
(or OE6 if OE5 is not listed)| Message store directory, then browse to the
folder containing your old messages. Do not copy the backup files into the
current OE message store or the import will fail.

If the files are not dbx files, but are idx and mbx files, then you choose
OE4 and point to the folder above the store folder. In other words, the OE4
files will be in a Mail folder. Point to the folder containing the Mail
folder.
--
Ron Sommer

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
The addresses and emails I want to move are on the slave drive on an older
version of OE. Even if I can manage to back them up, I don't know where to
send them to restore, as the new OE looks different than the old. If I
knew
what folder(s) that OE holds addresses and email in I could just copy and
paste them, but don't know the destination.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with WinXP
and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old p/c.
But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook Express,
I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail or
any
addresses. Any ideas?

In the old OE, *open* the Address Book and File | Export | Address Book
(wab) to any location on your hard drive. In the new OE, open that Address
Book and File | Import | Address Book (wab) and point to where you saved it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Ok, I've finally managed to import my messages, but still cannot import my
address book. I located it in the old OE, which is 6.0, but I keep getting
an
error message.

Started a new thread in error. Sorry about that.


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

From http://www.insideoe.com/backup/simple.htm
To restore your mail folders, open OE and click File| Import| Messages|
OE5
(or OE6 if OE5 is not listed)| Message store directory, then browse to
the
folder containing your old messages. Do not copy the backup files into
the
current OE message store or the import will fail.

If the files are not dbx files, but are idx and mbx files, then you
choose
OE4 and point to the folder above the store folder. In other words, the
OE4
files will be in a Mail folder. Point to the folder containing the Mail
folder.
--
Ron Sommer

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
The addresses and emails I want to move are on the slave drive on an
older
version of OE. Even if I can manage to back them up, I don't know where
to
send them to restore, as the new OE looks different than the old. If I
knew
what folder(s) that OE holds addresses and email in I could just copy
and
paste them, but don't know the destination.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Email blues" wrote in message
...
Old computer had Win98 and Outlook Express. Bought new p/c with
WinXP
and
Outlook Express. Exported email addresses to a .wab file from old
p/c.
But
when I try to import these email addresses to the new Outlook
Express,
I
get an error message. I installed the old hard drive as a slave on
the
new
p/c
and can see everything but can't access it. So I don't have my mail
or
any
addresses. Any ideas?