Thanks, I found a ton of these ;0, at least one looks like it could be a duplicate going by the size of the file. I had at one time transfered some old OE email from an older computer to here, I may just have to copy them all rather than trying to sort it all out now, or at least the largest files. I have alot of sent and inbox, dont care about deleted of course. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes > Quick & easy, huh? Me??? LOL > > Actually, it IS really easy. Run a hard drive search for the term .DBX. > Assuming there's only one User set up on the system, you'll see that all > of > the 'hits' are in a single location on your hard drive. Open up Windows > Explorer and go to that location. Copy that entire folder (folder and all > of its contents) to your external and you're done. > > By the way, paranoid is how ALL backups should be approached. > :O) > > Peace, > Gman > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:47 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help,bluescreen yikes > > >> can you give me a quick and easy on copying all my outlook express email >> to >> my external hard drive (getting paranoid now). >> >> >> Christine > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------