How to move my Outlook express between hard drives?

iDarren · 07-03-2009, 09:41 AM

I have outlook express running in drive A on Windows XP, and I would like to move it to drive B on Vista. Both drives are on the same PC, so I can just copy and paste files between the XP drive and the Vista drive...

Can someone tell me how to move my Outlook from drive A to drive B (with all my emails intact)?

kegobeer · 07-03-2009, 10:57 AM

Since Vista doesn't use OE anymore, you'll need to follow a guide like this:

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migra...o-Windows-Mail

iDarren · 07-04-2009, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kegobeer

Since Vista doesn't use OE anymore, you'll need to follow a guide like this:

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migra...o-Windows-Mail

Thanks

zip2play · 07-05-2009, 06:37 AM

Does a variant on that method work for saving OE mail from XP to XP after a reformat? Every time I try I can save my addresses but never the messages.

kegobeer · 07-05-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zip2play

Does a variant on that method work for saving OE mail from XP to XP after a reformat? Every time I try I can save my addresses but never the messages.

Have you read the Microsoft KB article about backing up and restoring OE?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670

zip2play · 07-12-2009, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kegobeer

Have you read the Microsoft KB article about backing up and restoring OE?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670

Thanks, kegobeer. This is a more thorough variant on the other methods I've tried, so I will give it a shot when I reformat. I don;t see why it shouldn't work. If it blows up in my face again at least this time I've gone through the effort of making sure that I have everything I need in one of three online mailboxes that I can POP into the new OE in case I get that "cannot read .dbx files."
I've never had any trouble saving my ADDRESS BOOK...but the mail messages, OY VEI!

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kegobeer I am ninja! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PCB, FL Posts: 1,282	Since Vista doesn't use OE anymore, you'll need to follow a guide like this: http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migra...o-Windows-Mail

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