-=PCTechTalk=- Re: OE, documents/photos, System Restore
- From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:33:34 -0400
First of all, I don't think System Restore backs up the email. For the
mail, you just need to backup the mail folder, and then replace it in your
new installation in the same place. By default, WinXP stores the mail
folder here:
C:\Documents and Settings\profile\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{some number},
where profile is the profile name and {some number} is the assigned number
for that OE account. You would backup everything under that {some number}
and when you restore you copy it back to the {some number} that rpresents
your new OE account. Take note that the {some number} is going to be
different. There's no problem with that, just make sure you do not delete
it or change it. You simply remove everything in that folder and replace it
with your backup.
---Troth
At 9/19/2003 03:31 AM, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I need to use system restore on my daughters laptop, which has
>become my primary computer for email.
>OE 6, Windows XP personal. I have a ton of email, a lot of it
>received after what I will use as my restore point and various
>documents that I don't want to lose.
>My plan is to copy all the email (and the documents after the
>restore point date) to a CD-R, then after restoring the system I
>would delete all of the email remaining, leaving the rules,
>folders and address book intact. Then copying all of the email
>back into OE from the CD-R.
>Is this a viable plan? I'm thinking this would involve backing
>up OE, but only the messages, then deleting the messages left
>after the System Restore and then restoring the backed up
>messages. Is this possible and would the messages go back into
>the proper folders? Or would it be better to get a different
>(free) email program that is capable of importing/exporting
>from/to OE? Could that be done using a CD-R? I have over 80
>folders/subfolders and heaven only knows how many rules and
>blocked senders so I really don't want to set up a new email
>program from scratch.
>Any and all suggestions would be welcome, my responses will most
>likely be delayed since I no longer have a land phone line and am
>only able to access the internet for a couple of hours a couple
>of times a week from a friend's phone line. My PCTechTalk folder
>has 1584 messages, 1476 unread at this point and I'm not sure
>when I will be able to connect to the internet next!!
>
>Thanks alot,
>Terry M. (not the Terry (Davis?) that knows what she's doing!!)
>
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