Import all settings from recovered HDD
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From: Steve Cochran on 4 Jun 2010 07:55 See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 and www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx You cannot import the account information, as that is stored in the registry, which is not easily accessible. So you need to search for *.dbx (the files are hidden) on the old drive and then when you find the directory of dbx files, then go to File | Import | Messages in OE and point to that directory. That will get the messages back, but you will have to set up the accounts anew. steve "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:uHIR0a2ALHA.4400(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > [I'm gonna let Fisherman Bruce answer this one...] > > bill wrote: >> The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be hooked >> up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts >> settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone point >> me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far >> (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different >> processes. >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Bill >
From: bill on 4 Jun 2010 13:50 Ok, but if I could access the registry is there a way to get the account settings? "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:B9078ED2-4F32-4058-9EB7-B2C0CF720A49(a)microsoft.com... See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 and www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx You cannot import the account information, as that is stored in the registry, which is not easily accessible. So you need to search for *.dbx (the files are hidden) on the old drive and then when you find the directory of dbx files, then go to File | Import | Messages in OE and point to that directory. That will get the messages back, but you will have to set up the accounts anew. steve "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:uHIR0a2ALHA.4400(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > [I'm gonna let Fisherman Bruce answer this one...] > > bill wrote: >> The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be >> hooked >> up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts >> settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone >> point >> me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far >> (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different >> processes. >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Bill >
From: bill on 4 Jun 2010 13:50 Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will have to follow!! I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help to at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the original OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts. Regards. Bill. "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:OzBY8j3ALHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows > Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch. > > As far as your messages go: > > In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, 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 > Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. > > The path to the message store will be very similar to this: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application > Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook > Express > > Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx > must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location. Open OE > and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to > where you saved it. > > Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be > overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE with > a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out of the > Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write those > messages. You can merge them later. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "bill" <bill(a)bill.com> wrote in message > news:evJEqw1ALHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be >> hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and >> accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can >> anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my >> searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly >> different processes. >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> >> >
From: Bruce Hagen on 4 Jun 2010 14:04 Can you open OE on the old HDD? If you can, go to Tools | Accounts and export each account as an iaf file. get them on the new HDD and import them. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "bill" <bill(a)bill.com> wrote in message news:eRzrV9ABLHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will > have to follow!! > > I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help > to at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the > original OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts. > > Regards. > Bill. > > "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:OzBY8j3ALHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows >> Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch. >> >> As far as your messages go: >> >> In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, 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 Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder >> Options | View. >> >> The path to the message store will be very similar to this: >> >> C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application >> Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook >> Express >> >> Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. >> (Folders.dbx must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other >> location. Open OE and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook >> Express 6 and point to where you saved it. >> >> Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be >> overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE >> with a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out >> of the Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write >> those messages. You can merge them later. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "bill" <bill(a)bill.com> wrote in message >> news:evJEqw1ALHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be >>> hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and >>> accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can >>> anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my >>> searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at >>> slightly different processes. >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
From: bill on 4 Jun 2010 14:41
Hadn't thought of that, but will the fact that the path to the files is different matter? The HDD from the original PC was drive c: Its now hooked up to another PC through a usb2 IDE adaptor and is being seen as drive f: "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:ecxTYBBBLHA.4400(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Can you open OE on the old HDD? If you can, go to Tools | Accounts and > export each account as an iaf file. get them on the new HDD and import > them. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "bill" <bill(a)bill.com> wrote in message > news:eRzrV9ABLHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will >> have to follow!! >> >> I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help >> to at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the >> original OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts. >> >> Regards. >> Bill. >> >> "Bruce Hagen" <BRH(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:OzBY8j3ALHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows >>> Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch. >>> >>> As far as your messages go: >>> >>> In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, 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 Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder >>> Options | View. >>> >>> The path to the message store will be very similar to this: >>> >>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application >>> Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook >>> Express >>> >>> Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx >>> must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location. Open OE >>> and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to >>> where you saved it. >>> >>> Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be >>> overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE >>> with a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out of >>> the Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write those >>> messages. You can merge them later. >>> -- >>> Bruce Hagen >>> MS-MVP [Mail] >>> Imperial Beach, CA >>> >>> >>> "bill" <bill(a)bill.com> wrote in message >>> news:evJEqw1ALHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be >>>> hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and >>>> accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can >>>> anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my >>>> searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at >>>> slightly different processes. >>>> Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > |