Transfering settings on OE

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Hello - - I was running Win 98on my old computer. I purchased a new computer
running XP Pro. The hard drive from the old computer has been installed as a
slave drive on the new computer. I am trying to figure out how to transfer
my adress book, mai and settings from OE on the slave drive to the OE running
with XP.

I have tried running Settings transfer wizard, but it will not let me get to
the slave drive to transfer the data. I can copy and paste files from the
slave drive to the new drive, but I don't know what files to copy nor am I
wsure that will provide the result.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks

 

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References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm

Importing OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx

OE Freebie Backup
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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JBNCDOJ wrote:
> Hello - - I was running Win 98on my old computer. I purchased a new
> computer running XP Pro. The hard drive from the old computer has been
> installed as a slave drive on the new computer. I am trying to figure
> out how to transfer my adress book, mai and settings from OE on the slave
> drive to the OE running with XP.
>
> I have tried running Settings transfer wizard, but it will not let me get
> to the slave drive to transfer the data. I can copy and paste files from
> the slave drive to the new drive, but I don't know what files to copy nor
> am I wsure that will provide the result.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Thanks

 

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Try importing your email and address book from the other disk. It goes
something like Import, point it to the correct folder / file and go. It's
quite easy!

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"JBNCDOJ" <JBNCDOJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7FE9933-59DB-45EB-8117-25DDA616367E@microsoft.com...
> Hello - - I was running Win 98on my old computer. I purchased a new
> computer
> running XP Pro. The hard drive from the old computer has been installed
> as a
> slave drive on the new computer. I am trying to figure out how to
> transfer
> my adress book, mai and settings from OE on the slave drive to the OE
> running
> with XP.
>
> I have tried running Settings transfer wizard, but it will not let me get
> to
> the slave drive to transfer the data. I can copy and paste files from the
> slave drive to the new drive, but I don't know what files to copy nor am I
> wsure that will provide the result.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Thanks

 

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JBNCDOJ wrote:
> Hello - - I was running Win 98on my old computer. I purchased a new
> computer running XP Pro. The hard drive from the old computer has
> been installed as a slave drive on the new computer. I am trying to
> figure out how to transfer my adress book, mai and settings from OE
> on the slave drive to the OE running with XP.
>
> I have tried running Settings transfer wizard, but it will not let me
> get to the slave drive to transfer the data. I can copy and paste
> files from the slave drive to the new drive, but I don't know what
> files to copy nor am I wsure that will provide the result.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Thanks

As Bill says, if you can see the other drive, then use File>import> and
follow through.
If that won't work, then copy all the dbx folders, including
folders.dbx, to your new drive - in a new folder on the desktop for ease
of use, then try File>import again.
Note that the folders may be marked as hidden by XP, this can be changed
via control panel>folder options>view>show hidden files and folders.
A useful link -
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm

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Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)