Hello - I purchased a new computer and backed up my email messages from my
old computer to a cd-rom\writer disk. Unfortunately the .dbx files come over
as read only. I saw an KB article # 252603 that says to backup to a floppy
or hard drive. Is there any other way to get these .dbx files onto a
cd-rom\writer disc without it being read-only? Unfortunately my new computer
does not have a floppy drive. I thought that would be like asking for an
8-track in my new car.

Copy the dbx files to the CD and then copy the CD to a location on the new
machine's HDD. Now, remove the Read Only attribute and use OE's Import
feature.

Make sure you include Folders.dbx or the import will fail.

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

"Bo" wrote in message
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Hello - I purchased a new computer and backed up my email messages from my
old computer to a cd-rom\writer disk. Unfortunately the .dbx files come
over
as read only. I saw an KB article # 252603 that says to backup to a
floppy
or hard drive. Is there any other way to get these .dbx files onto a
cd-rom\writer disc without it being read-only? Unfortunately my new
computer
does not have a floppy drive. I thought that would be like asking for an
8-track in my new car.

I'd rather have the 8 track. G

Just copy the files off the CD to a blank directory on the hard drive and
then select all of them and right click and go to Properties and clear the
read only attribute. Then go to File | Import | Messages and point to that
directory.

And put in an 8 track of Santana while you wait.

steve

"Bo" wrote in message
...
Hello - I purchased a new computer and backed up my email messages from my
old computer to a cd-rom\writer disk. Unfortunately the .dbx files come
over
as read only. I saw an KB article # 252603 that says to backup to a
floppy
or hard drive. Is there any other way to get these .dbx files onto a
cd-rom\writer disc without it being read-only? Unfortunately my new
computer
does not have a floppy drive. I thought that would be like asking for an
8-track in my new car.

I am also trying to import messages. I left my job today and saved all
the .dbx files I wanted. However, I did not know I needed to save the
"folders.dbx" file. Now, I cannot access that computer anymore. Is
there a way to generate a new folders.dbx file?


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Copy the dbx files to the CD and then copy the CD to a location on the new
machine's HDD. Now, remove the Read Only attribute and use OE's Import
feature.

Make sure you include Folders.dbx or the import will fail.

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

"Bo" wrote in message
...
Hello - I purchased a new computer and backed up my email messages from my
old computer to a cd-rom\writer disk. Unfortunately the .dbx files come
over
as read only. I saw an KB article # 252603 that says to backup to a
floppy
or hard drive. Is there any other way to get these .dbx files onto a
cd-rom\writer disc without it being read-only? Unfortunately my new
computer
does not have a floppy drive. I thought that would be like asking for an
8-track in my new car.

No. You will have to import them manually. Do the following for each
folder/file. If need be, you can rename them in advance if they have the
same names as folders on your computer right now.

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

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~

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ups.com...
I am also trying to import messages. I left my job today and saved all
the .dbx files I wanted. However, I did not know I needed to save the
"folders.dbx" file. Now, I cannot access that computer anymore. Is
there a way to generate a new folders.dbx file?


Bruce Hagen wrote:
Copy the dbx files to the CD and then copy the CD to a location on the
new
machine's HDD. Now, remove the Read Only attribute and use OE's Import
feature.

Make sure you include Folders.dbx or the import will fail.

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

"Bo" wrote in message
...
Hello - I purchased a new computer and backed up my email messages from
my
old computer to a cd-rom\writer disk. Unfortunately the .dbx files
come
over
as read only. I saw an KB article # 252603 that says to backup to a
floppy
or hard drive. Is there any other way to get these .dbx files onto a
cd-rom\writer disc without it being read-only? Unfortunately my new
computer
does not have a floppy drive. I thought that would be like asking for
an
8-track in my new car.