Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
[deleted]

Be very careful that the folder exists before telling OE to change. If you
click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | Change and tell it to
change to D:\OE-Data and you have not already created D:\OE-Data then you
will lose all saved messages.

Good advice, but IMO it would be better to instruct people to *browse*
(by clicking the "Change..." button) to the new directory, i.e. *not*
*type* its name in the box. If they browse, the mentioned (message-loss)
problem can't occur.

Another minor nit: AFAIK, it's actually "then you will lose all saved
messages as soon as you exit an restart OE", because the move will not
occur until OE is restarted. But it's probably best not to confuse
people with these details.

Frank,

My H/D has crashed, I think I might have been lucky enough to have changed
the store folder onto my other hard drive though, but I would have no idea
where it would have been.

In other words, I had a program drive and a data drive, the program drive
contained all my programs, including my XP, however it has crashed....if my
emails were set to be saved on my data drive, how do I locate them, so I can
reload OE and point it to that directory?

Shaz

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
...
From: "Shaz"

| Hi
|
| I have two hard drives on my computer and was wanting to keep purely
| programs on one and data on the other.
|
| Is it possible to install outlook express on drive A, but have the
emails
| saved on drive b?
|
| Many thanks
| Shaz

Expressing this as "...outlook express on drive A, but have the emails
saved on drive b?"
Is NOT good. Drive A and and B are floppies so the use of this
nomenclature will cause
confusion.

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:"
?"
The answer is YES.

By defaultt and design, Outlook Express (OE) resides in...
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express"

What you want is the data directory to be on drive "D:" (or other hard
disk or partition).

Create a folder on Drive "D:" such as OE-Data ( D:\OE-Data )

Go to; Tools -- Options -- maintenance -- store folder -- change

Browse to; D:\OE-Data

BTW: This is exactly what I do on my computers.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Be very careful that the folder exists before telling OE to change. If you
click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | Change and tell it to
change to D:\OE-Data and you have not already created D:\OE-Data then you
will lose all saved messages.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

Search for *.dbx files. Include hidden files in your search.
It is safer to import to a new location.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Shaz" wrote in message
...
: Frank,
:
: My H/D has crashed, I think I might have been lucky enough to have changed
: the store folder onto my other hard drive though, but I would have no idea
: where it would have been.
:
: In other words, I had a program drive and a data drive, the program drive
: contained all my programs, including my XP, however it has crashed....if
my
: emails were set to be saved on my data drive, how do I locate them, so I
can
: reload OE and point it to that directory?
:
: Shaz
:
: "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
:
: "David H. Lipman" wrote in message
: ...
: From: "Shaz"
:
: | Hi
: |
: | I have two hard drives on my computer and was wanting to keep purely
: | programs on one and data on the other.
: |
: | Is it possible to install outlook express on drive A, but have the
: emails
: | saved on drive b?
: |
: | Many thanks
: | Shaz
:
: Expressing this as "...outlook express on drive A, but have the emails
: saved on drive b?"
: Is NOT good. Drive A and and B are floppies so the use of this
: nomenclature will cause
: confusion.
:
: What you are asking is...
:
: "...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive
"D:"
: ?"
: The answer is YES.
:
: By defaultt and design, Outlook Express (OE) resides in...
: "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express"
:
: What you want is the data directory to be on drive "D:" (or other hard
: disk or partition).
:
: Create a folder on Drive "D:" such as OE-Data ( D:\OE-Data )
:
: Go to; Tools -- Options -- maintenance -- store folder -- change
:
: Browse to; D:\OE-Data
:
: BTW: This is exactly what I do on my computers.
:
: --
: Dave
: http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
: http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
:
:
:
: Be very careful that the folder exists before telling OE to change. If
you
: click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | Change and tell it
to
: change to D:\OE-Data and you have not already created D:\OE-Data then
you
: will lose all saved messages.
:
: --
: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
: http://www.fjsmjs.com
: Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.
:
:

Shaz

In what state is your computer following this crash? Does the system
boot. Does Internet Explorer work and can you open Outlook Express?
You need to provide much more information.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Shaz wrote:
Frank,

My H/D has crashed, I think I might have been lucky enough to have
changed the store folder onto my other hard drive though, but I
would
have no idea where it would have been.

In other words, I had a program drive and a data drive, the program
drive contained all my programs, including my XP, however it has
crashed....if my emails were set to be saved on my data drive, how
do
I locate them, so I can reload OE and point it to that directory?

Shaz

David H. Lipman wrote:
[deleted]

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:" ?"
The answer is YES.

But, but, BUT, .... 'D:' is my CD/DVD-ROM drive!

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

[deleted]

From: "Frank Slootweg"

| David H. Lipman wrote:
| [deleted]
|
What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:" ?"
The answer is YES.
|
| But, but, BUT, .... 'D:' is my CD/DVD-ROM drive!
|
| Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
|
| [deleted]

You are so right :-)

Happy Holidays.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

David H. Lipman wrote:
[deleted]

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:" ?"
The answer is YES.

But, but, BUT, .... 'D:' is my CD/DVD-ROM drive!

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

[deleted]

Somewhat pedantic I would say............EVERYone KNEW what I was
saying....for want of a better comparison, I will use Drive 1 and Drive
2.............

Shaz wrote:


"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

David H. Lipman wrote:
[deleted]

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:" ?"
The answer is YES.

But, but, BUT, .... 'D:' is my CD/DVD-ROM drive!

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

[deleted]

Somewhat pedantic I would say............EVERYone KNEW what I was
saying....for want of a better comparison, I will use Drive 1 and Drive
2.............

I obviously understood what *you* meant. I was just making fun of
*David*, because his 'correction' wasn't one.

And David is well able to take care of himself G.

--

~~~~

Gerry

~~~~~~~~
Enquire, plan and execute.
Stourport, England
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frank Slootweg wrote:

I obviously understood what *you* meant. I was just making fun of
*David*, because his 'correction' wasn't one.

Sorry Frank....I wasnt having a go at you.....!! You just made a comment
about what David had written, and I was adding my comment on how pedantic he
was!!!

"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

Shaz wrote:


"Frank Slootweg" wrote:

David H. Lipman wrote:
[deleted]

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:" ?"
The answer is YES.

But, but, BUT, .... 'D:' is my CD/DVD-ROM drive!

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

[deleted]

Somewhat pedantic I would say............EVERYone KNEW what I was
saying....for want of a better comparison, I will use Drive 1 and Drive
2.............

I obviously understood what *you* meant. I was just making fun of
*David*, because his 'correction' wasn't one.