I had a problem with viruses and reinstalled my whole system, XP, from the
manufacturers cds. I had a copy of the email folders and dragged them into
th relevant folder on the new setup. The dbx files are all visible as if
they were restored perfectly, however, the folders, or their contents, cannot
be sen on OE.
I have a number of important emails which I need.
Please can you help me recover them?

If you included Folders.dbx in the backup, all you need to do is put the
backup on your HDD, remove the Read Only attribute, open OE and File |
Import | Messages and point to where you saved them.

Reference. Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with viruses and reinstalled my whole system, XP, from the
manufacturers cds. I had a copy of the email folders and dragged them
into
th relevant folder on the new setup. The dbx files are all visible as if
they were restored perfectly, however, the folders, or their contents,
cannot
be sen on OE.
I have a number of important emails which I need.
Please can you help me recover them?

Thanks for your help.
I put all the files in a folder on desktop. Changed the attribute of all
files to "A" off "read only". Opened OE and imported all folders for the
files. I received only the sent items folder with all "sent" emails in them,
however, none of the received femail folders. The dbx folders for all OE
folders are in the correct place but their contents are not vivible in OE-
excepy "sent items".
What am I missing?
The "backup" was a copy of the dbx folders using Iomega instant backup and
they are not bak files.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

If you included Folders.dbx in the backup, all you need to do is put the
backup on your HDD, remove the Read Only attribute, open OE and File |
Import | Messages and point to where you saved them.

Reference. Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with viruses and reinstalled my whole system, XP, from the
manufacturers cds. I had a copy of the email folders and dragged them
into
th relevant folder on the new setup. The dbx files are all visible as if
they were restored perfectly, however, the folders, or their contents,
cannot
be sen on OE.
I have a number of important emails which I need.
Please can you help me recover them?

I am not sure what you mean by "A" off "read only". I assume you removed the
Read Only attribute? I am not familiar with the backup program you are
using. You can try getting them in manually.

Rename any files on the Desktop that have corresponding folders already in
OE. You already have an Inbox, so name the Inbox.dbx file on the Desktop to
Old Inbox.dbx.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on the
Desktop. (Old Inbox). Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows
Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't
open it. Click on the Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop in the
right hand pane to the OE store folder in the left pane. Prompt - "Do you
want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help.
I put all the files in a folder on desktop. Changed the attribute of all
files to "A" off "read only". Opened OE and imported all folders for the
files. I received only the sent items folder with all "sent" emails in
them,
however, none of the received femail folders. The dbx folders for all OE
folders are in the correct place but their contents are not vivible in OE-
excepy "sent items".
What am I missing?
The "backup" was a copy of the dbx folders using Iomega instant backup and
they are not bak files.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

If you included Folders.dbx in the backup, all you need to do is put the
backup on your HDD, remove the Read Only attribute, open OE and File |
Import | Messages and point to where you saved them.

Reference. Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with viruses and reinstalled my whole system, XP, from
the
manufacturers cds. I had a copy of the email folders and dragged them
into
th relevant folder on the new setup. The dbx files are all visible as
if
they were restored perfectly, however, the folders, or their contents,
cannot
be sen on OE.
I have a number of important emails which I need.
Please can you help me recover them?