A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Outlook » Outlook Express
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Import all settings from recovered HDD



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old June 3rd, 2010, 09:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 216
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be hooked
up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts
settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone point
me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far
(which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different
processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill





  #2  
Old June 3rd, 2010, 10:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
PA Bear [MS MVP]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,690
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

[I'm gonna let Fisherman Bruce answer this one...]

bill wrote:
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be hooked
up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts
settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone point
me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far
(which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different
processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill


  #3  
Old June 4th, 2010, 01:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen[_4_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 111
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows
Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch.

As far as your messages go:

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

The path to the message store will be very similar to this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx
must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location. Open OE
and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to
where you saved it.

Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be
overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE with
a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out of the
Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write those
messages. You can merge them later.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be
hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and
accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can
anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my
searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly
different processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill






  #4  
Old June 4th, 2010, 01:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
PA Bear [MS MVP]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,690
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

[Catch anything for supper?]

Bruce Hagen wrote:
SNIP
  #5  
Old June 4th, 2010, 01:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen[_4_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 111
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

27" Halibut. G

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
[Catch anything for supper?]

Bruce Hagen wrote:
SNIP


  #6  
Old June 4th, 2010, 12:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Steve Cochran
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,640
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 and www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

You cannot import the account information, as that is stored in the registry, which is not easily accessible. So you need to search for *.dbx (the files are hidden) on the old drive and then when you find the directory of dbx files, then go to File | Import | Messages in OE and point to that directory. That will get the messages back, but you will have to set up the accounts anew.

steve

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ...
[I'm gonna let Fisherman Bruce answer this one...]

bill wrote:
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be hooked
up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts
settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone point
me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far
(which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different
processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill


  #7  
Old June 4th, 2010, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 216
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

Ok, but if I could access the registry is there a way to get the account
settings?

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 and www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

You cannot import the account information, as that is stored in the
registry, which is not easily accessible. So you need to search for *.dbx
(the files are hidden) on the old drive and then when you find the directory
of dbx files, then go to File | Import | Messages in OE and point to that
directory. That will get the messages back, but you will have to set up the
accounts anew.

steve

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
[I'm gonna let Fisherman Bruce answer this one...]

bill wrote:
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be
hooked
up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and accounts
settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can anyone
point
me at a link that documents that process please. All my searches so far
(which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly different
processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill




  #8  
Old June 4th, 2010, 06:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 216
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will
have to follow!!

I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help to
at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the original
OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts.

Regards.
Bill.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows
Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch.

As far as your messages go:

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

The path to the message store will be very similar to this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx
must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location. Open OE
and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to
where you saved it.

Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be
overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE with
a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out of the
Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write those
messages. You can merge them later.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be
hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and
accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can
anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my
searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at slightly
different processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill








  #9  
Old June 4th, 2010, 07:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen[_4_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 111
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

Can you open OE on the old HDD? If you can, go to Tools | Accounts and
export each account as an iaf file. get them on the new HDD and import
them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will
have to follow!!

I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help
to at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the
original OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts.

Regards.
Bill.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows
Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch.

As far as your messages go:

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you
must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel |
Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder
Options | View.

The path to the message store will be very similar to this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive.
(Folders.dbx must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other
location. Open OE and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook
Express 6 and point to where you saved it.

Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be
overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE
with a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out
of the Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write
those messages. You can merge them later.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be
hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and
accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can
anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my
searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at
slightly different processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill









  #10  
Old June 4th, 2010, 07:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 216
Default Import all settings from recovered HDD

Hadn't thought of that, but will the fact that the path to the files is
different matter? The HDD from the original PC was drive c: Its now hooked
up to another PC through a usb2 IDE adaptor and is being seen as drive f:


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Can you open OE on the old HDD? If you can, go to Tools | Accounts and
export each account as an iaf file. get them on the new HDD and import
them.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the advice. All messages duly imported. Account settings will
have to follow!!

I can see the whole HDD. All system files the lot. It would really help
to at least be able to see what accounts were being picked up in the
original OE6. It was being used to pickup multiple email accounts.

Regards.
Bill.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
What exactly *can* you see on this HDD? If only the files in Windows
Explorer, you will probably need to set up the accounts from scratch.

As far as your messages go:

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel |
Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder
Options | View.

The path to the message store will be very similar to this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{Long string of letters & numbers}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx
must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location. Open OE
and: File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to
where you saved it.

Note: I am not sure if messages already on the new HDD will be
overwritten. To be safe, before you import, create new folders in OE
with a name that is not in the backup. Eg: Move all your messages out of
the Inbox so when you import the old Inbox, it won't over write those
messages. You can merge them later.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"bill" wrote in message
...
The motherboard on my old PC has blown but the HDD is ok and can be
hooked up to another PC. I would like to import all my OE6 mail and
accounts settings from the recovered HDD onto OE6 on the other PC. Can
anyone point me at a link that documents that process please. All my
searches so far (which I admit have been hasty) are pointing at
slightly different processes.
Thanks for any help.

Bill











 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:39 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.