Finding OE messages so I can transfer them

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My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it as an
additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from the
'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so I
can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received

David

 

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"David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D490CA4-2329-49C3-A9AA-0D6998735C18@microsoft.com...
> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it as
> an
> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from
> the
> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so I
> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received

They have the extension .dbx and are located at something like C:\Documents
and Settings\David\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{3399E28C-A5C4-4855-B507-89712F8C13B7}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

 

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Thanks for that .... I'll go look now

"Lee Chapelle" wrote:

>
> "David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2D490CA4-2329-49C3-A9AA-0D6998735C18@microsoft.com...
> > My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it as
> > an
> > additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from
> > the
> > 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so I
> > can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received
>
> They have the extension .dbx and are located at something like C:\Documents
> and Settings\David\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Identities\{3399E28C-A5C4-4855-B507-89712F8C13B7}\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express
>
>
>

 

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Found them ...thhanks .... but where do I put them so they are visible. Do I
look for a similar folder to put them in or can I import them from OE?

"David T" wrote:

> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it as an
> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from the
> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so I
> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received
>
> David

 

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In OE, File, Import, Messages, OE6, OE Store Folder, browse to the hard
drive folder, .....
--
Ron Sommer

"David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1046E4ED-4B84-4BFC-B379-69FF8252AD2B@microsoft.com...
> Found them ...thhanks .... but where do I put them so they are visible.
> Do I
> look for a similar folder to put them in or can I import them from OE?
>
> "David T" wrote:
>
>> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it
>> as an
>> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from
>> the
>> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so
>> I
>> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received
>>
>> David

 

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Thanks for that .... it says it has imported successfully .... can't see them
though. Do I need to import the folder structure first?

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> In OE, File, Import, Messages, OE6, OE Store Folder, browse to the hard
> drive folder, .....
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> "David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1046E4ED-4B84-4BFC-B379-69FF8252AD2B@microsoft.com...
> > Found them ...thhanks .... but where do I put them so they are visible.
> > Do I
> > look for a similar folder to put them in or can I import them from OE?
> >
> > "David T" wrote:
> >
> >> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it
> >> as an
> >> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages from
> >> the
> >> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive so
> >> I
> >> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully received
> >>
> >> David
>
>
>

 

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Is your View set to Show all messages?
--
Ron Sommer

"David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:982D3877-67E4-408A-ADAA-1645F4CD53D2@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for that .... it says it has imported successfully .... can't see
> them
> though. Do I need to import the folder structure first?
>
> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
>
>> In OE, File, Import, Messages, OE6, OE Store Folder, browse to the hard
>> drive folder, .....
>> --
>> Ron Sommer
>>
>> "David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1046E4ED-4B84-4BFC-B379-69FF8252AD2B@microsoft.com...
>> > Found them ...thhanks .... but where do I put them so they are visible.
>> > Do I
>> > look for a similar folder to put them in or can I import them from OE?
>> >
>> > "David T" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed
>> >> it
>> >> as an
>> >> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages
>> >> from
>> >> the
>> >> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive
>> >> so
>> >> I
>> >> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully
>> >> received
>> >>
>> >> David
>>
>>
>>

 

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Yes ... I just checked

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> Is your View set to Show all messages?
> --
> Ron Sommer
>
> "David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:982D3877-67E4-408A-ADAA-1645F4CD53D2@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for that .... it says it has imported successfully .... can't see
> > them
> > though. Do I need to import the folder structure first?
> >
> > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >
> >> In OE, File, Import, Messages, OE6, OE Store Folder, browse to the hard
> >> drive folder, .....
> >> --
> >> Ron Sommer
> >>
> >> "David T" <DavidT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1046E4ED-4B84-4BFC-B379-69FF8252AD2B@microsoft.com...
> >> > Found them ...thhanks .... but where do I put them so they are visible.
> >> > Do I
> >> > look for a similar folder to put them in or can I import them from OE?
> >> >
> >> > "David T" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed
> >> >> it
> >> >> as an
> >> >> additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the messages
> >> >> from
> >> >> the
> >> >> 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE on the C drive
> >> >> so
> >> >> I
> >> >> can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice gratefully
> >> >> received
> >> >>
> >> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

 

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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)

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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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

David T wrote:
> My main PC recently died. The hard drive is fine and I've installed it
> as an additional drive (D) in my back up PC. I want to bring the
> messages from the 'D' drive (the old hard drive) and import them into OE
> on the C drive so I can read them. I can't find them. Any help / advice
> gratefully received
>
> David