HELP Moving Email & Settings to a New Machine!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

See Tom Koch's web site for some excellent help on backup/restoring your
Outlook Express stuff.
http://www.insideoe.com/

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Tom Newton" wrote:
| Hi Folks -
|
| I recently used the "files and settings transfer wizard" on my XP machine
to
| backup my outlook express email and settings so I can load it on a new
Win2k
| machine.
|
| So I'm on the Win2k machine now, and have run the files and settings
| transfer wizard again, this time directly from the WinXP cd, but for some
| reason the "new computer" or restore options don't show up.
|
| The only thing that shows up is the dialog that you normally get when you
| back up settings!
|
| All I want to do is load the email stuff I backed up earlier on my XP
| machine onto this Win2k machine.
|
| The two backup files I have now are:
|
| 1) IMG00001.DAT, and
| 2) STATUS
|
| which reside in a folder called "USMT2.UNC"
|
| I'm stuck. Any idea how to load this email stuff on my new machine?
|
| Tom
|
|

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.win2000.general (More info?)

FAST can be used to transfer *to* Win2K?? I don't think so.

References:

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

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

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


Tom Newton wrote:
> Hi Folks -
>
> I recently used the "files and settings transfer wizard" on my XP machine
> to backup my outlook express email and settings so I can load it on a new
> Win2k machine.
>
> So I'm on the Win2k machine now, and have run the files and settings
> transfer wizard again, this time directly from the WinXP cd, but for some
> reason the "new computer" or restore options don't show up.
>
> The only thing that shows up is the dialog that you normally get when you
> back up settings!
>
> All I want to do is load the email stuff I backed up earlier on my XP
> machine onto this Win2k machine.
>
> The two backup files I have now are:
>
> 1) IMG00001.DAT, and
> 2) STATUS
>
> which reside in a folder called "USMT2.UNC"
>
> I'm stuck. Any idea how to load this email stuff on my new machine?
>
> Tom