Import all settings from recovered HDD
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From: bill on 3 Jun 2010 16:34 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: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 3 Jun 2010 17:48 [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: Bruce Hagen on 3 Jun 2010 20:00 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: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 3 Jun 2010 20:24 [Catch anything for supper?] Bruce Hagen wrote: <SNIP>
From: Bruce Hagen on 3 Jun 2010 20:42
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