Only the mother board died on the old machine. I now have a new
laptop, and I have the old hard drive attched to the new machine as a
USB drive.

I am unable to run Outlook Express from the old drive, but I do have
all the old files. How would I go about transfering all the old files
over to the new machine?

TIA,

Casey

Basically, copy them to the HDD | Remove the Read Only attribute and then
from OE: File | Import | Messages. Choose MSOE 6 and check the box to Import
from a Store Directory and point to where they are saved. Note that an
import won't work if Folders.dbx was not included.

See this for more detailed information.

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

"Casey" wrote in message
ups.com...
Only the mother board died on the old machine. I now have a new
laptop, and I have the old hard drive attched to the new machine as a
USB drive.

I am unable to run Outlook Express from the old drive, but I do have
all the old files. How would I go about transfering all the old files
over to the new machine?

TIA,

Casey

Thanks for your help.

BRUCE: Basically, copy them to the HDD

CASEY: By "them" I'm guessing you mean all the files in E:\Program
Files\Outlook Express? (E is the USB drive which is the old hard drive
from the dead laptop.) I copied all of the files in that directory to
a new folder on my desktop.

BRUCE: Remove the Read Only attribute

CASEY: ??? On the 10 files that were copied over, I right clicked on
all of them and none are set to Read Only. Is there something else I
need to do?

BUCE: and then from OE: File | Import | Messages. Choose MSOE 6 and
check the box to Import from a Store Directory and point to where they
are saved. Note that an import won't work if Folders.dbx was not
included.

CASEY: I got an error that says "No messages can be found in this
folder..." I'm guessing it's because Folders.dbx was not included?
What is that? How do I include it?

BRUCE: See this for more detailed information...
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

CASEY: I'm seeing lots abotut how to backup OE, but very little on
restoring. And seeing as how I never backed it up (shame on me), well
then, what would I restore from?

Thanks for your help!!!

Casey

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"Casey" wrote in message
ups.com...
Thanks for your help.

BRUCE: Basically, copy them to the HDD

CASEY: By "them" I'm guessing you mean all the files in E:\Program
Files\Outlook Express? (E is the USB drive which is the old hard drive
from the dead laptop.) I copied all of the files in that directory to
a new folder on my desktop.


Where they were located can be different on any machine. The path would have
been in Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder.



BRUCE: Remove the Read Only attribute

CASEY: ??? On the 10 files that were copied over, I right clicked on
all of them and none are set to Read Only. Is there something else I
need to do?


Not yet.




BUCE: and then from OE: File | Import | Messages. Choose MSOE 6 and
check the box to Import from a Store Directory and point to where they
are saved. Note that an import won't work if Folders.dbx was not
included.

CASEY: I got an error that says "No messages can be found in this
folder..." I'm guessing it's because Folders.dbx was not included?
What is that? How do I include it?


You can only include it if you can get back to the original message store
and recopy the entire message store and not just selected dbx files.





BRUCE: See this for more detailed information...
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

CASEY: I'm seeing lots abotut how to backup OE, but very little on
restoring. And seeing as how I never backed it up (shame on me), well
then, what would I restore from?


Do you now have some dbx files from the old drive stored on your new drive?

If you do, you can get them into OE manually. You may have to rename the
files if they have the same name as folders on your new drive that is the
same in order to avoid an overwrite. You will have to do this for each
folder/dbxfile you have saved.

Copy the dbx file from the CD to your Desktop. Right click on it and remove
the Read only attribute and rename it.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer and
Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder, (do
not open it), that contains the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~



Thanks for your help!!!

Casey

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Casey wrote:
Only the mother board died on the old machine. I now have a new
laptop, and I have the old hard drive attched to the new machine as a
USB drive.

I am unable to run Outlook Express from the old drive, but I do have
all the old files. How would I go about transfering all the old files
over to the new machine?

TIA,

Casey

It sounds like everything depends on getting these .dbx files off the
old drive. How do I do this? I did a search on that drive for .dbx
and it came up empty.

Am I out of luck?

Casey

Windows version? [To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you
include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.]

In WinXP, Win2K and Win2K03, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files and Folders under Start Control Panel Folder Options
View.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Casey wrote:
It sounds like everything depends on getting these .dbx files off the
old drive. How do I do this? I did a search on that drive for .dbx
and it came up empty.

Am I out of luck?

Casey

Include Hidden Files and Folders in your search.

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Casey" wrote in message
ps.com...
It sounds like everything depends on getting these .dbx files off the
old drive. How do I do this? I did a search on that drive for .dbx
and it came up empty.

Am I out of luck?

Casey

Both the old laptop which died and my new one are XP Pro.

I am not able to execute the old version of OE. The motherboard died
on my old laptop, but the hard drve is fine. I took the drive out of
the old laptop and it is now a USB drive on my new laptop. So, going
to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder on the old version of
OE is not an option.

However, I can do this on the new version and it might be a clue as
where to look on the old drive.

I'll be back.


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Include Hidden Files and Folders in your search.

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Casey" wrote in message
ps.com...
It sounds like everything depends on getting these .dbx files off the
old drive. How do I do this? I did a search on that drive for .dbx
and it came up empty.

Am I out of luck?

Casey

OKAY!!! All of my previous folders are now in place, along with the
messages that were in them. Now, how do I tackle accounts and the
address book?

Thank you so much for the help!!!

Casey



Casey wrote:
Both the old laptop which died and my new one are XP Pro.

I am not able to execute the old version of OE. The motherboard died
on my old laptop, but the hard drve is fine. I took the drive out of
the old laptop and it is now a USB drive on my new laptop. So, going
to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder on the old version of
OE is not an option.

However, I can do this on the new version and it might be a clue as
where to look on the old drive.

I'll be back.


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Include Hidden Files and Folders in your search.

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Casey" wrote in message
ps.com...
It sounds like everything depends on getting these .dbx files off the
old drive. How do I do this? I did a search on that drive for .dbx
and it came up empty.

Am I out of luck?

Casey