Outlook Express v6 - import other v6 dbx files?

rmf2112 · Oct 12, 2009

Hi there-

I'm a Solaris and Linux guy who gets drug in to fixing his friends and family's computers, so please pardon any ignorance of Microsoft terminology.

Here is the situation: My friend had a computer crash, and went out and bought a new machine from a local shop, with XP on it. He wants to transfer his old mail and address books from his old hard drive to his new one.

He has the old drive installed in the new machine (F

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Again, this is a OE v6 to OE v6 procedure. Both the old and new machines are XP w/ SP3.

What I need to know is what files to dig around for (dbx and wab I believe), and how to import them.

Thanks for your help!

Dunedin · Oct 12, 2009

Hello rmf2112

Here is a very good tutorial for you
Scroll down to #1

Back up and restore are both covered

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rmf2112 · Oct 12, 2009

Thanks Dunedin, will give that a shot.

TheBrit · Oct 12, 2009

That method is not going to work since it relies on exporting the information first from the old machine, which you can't do.

You are right in thinking you are looking for .dbx and .wab files, but they may not be where you expect them!

There is a pretty good guide here on how to do it though. Just navigate to the appropriate folders on the F drive where he talks about your backup location.

rmf2112 · Oct 12, 2009

Actually, I'm not so sure FAST will work, unless I am misreading something. The old computer is not longer operational, and the disk has been installed in the new one. I'm pretty sure FAST requires the old machine to be running so you can create the .dat file, then import it on the new one.

EDIT: Ha! TheBrit ninja'd me while I was posting.

TheBrit · Oct 12, 2009

Ha! TheBrit ninja'd me while I was posting.

lol :laugh:

Dunedin · Oct 12, 2009

Sorry, was not thinking straight

Thanks TheBrit. You have it sorted :smile:

Outlook Express v6 - import other v6 dbx files?

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