Thanks that's the ticket! All previous mail has been restored!
Before I wiped my HD clean and preformed a new install of XP, I installed my
HD on my brother's PC as a slave and copied everything I could into a
directory on his HD. After the install I connected the two PCs through our
switch and transferred the files back to my PC. I just didn't know where in
Documents_and Setting, Outlook Express stored mail folders or what the file
extensions are.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Was having one bad day on Friday,but I am ok now...
The Rivi Way to fix OE (bus content).
Search for files ending in ".dbx". They should all be in one folder. On my WindowsXP box for my test setup of OE they are in:
<C:\Documents_and_Settings\Gerald\Local_Settings\Application_Data\Identities\{DF2A74A7-8473-4852-9F9B-D3ECED73DB7D}\Microsoft\Outlook_Express>
Make sure you are looking at the old ones and not the store from your new install (check file dates).
Copy every file in that folder to another folder (like on your desktop) that is easier to find/type. They all have to be in ONE FOLDER.
Now, in OE6:
Click FILE
Go to IMPORT
Click MESSAGES
Click "Microsoft Outlook Express 6"
Click NEXT
Click "Import Mail from an OE6 store directory"
Click OK
Use the BROWSE button to find the folder where you saved all of the old .dbx files
Click OK
Gerald
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:56:38 -0500 Fred McDonald <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, I too have had computer problems. An electrical short on the mother
board made everything except my hard drive useless. $400 later I have built
myself a new computer and I have recovered everything except old email
messages I have been saving. Does anyone know how Outlook Express stores
mail? What are the file names? I have already recovered my address book but
I can't find old mail.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Katrina Martin" <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 12:42 PM
Subject: [tcb] Was having one bad day on Friday,but I am ok now...
> Everyone might have noticed I have been not answering any emails, well > I
> am back on track now.
> My computer has been broke since Dan & I were up in Arkansas. It's > working
> good now, after 4 trips to the Apple store in the Galleria. (I will > share
> that story with everyone some other time)
>
> The Frapper map is really cool Duncan.
> Mark I think if there should be a picture of us our beside the bus,it
> should be of Dan & I. Like Denis said, "photoshop". Or sometime we can
> take a picture of us both.
>
> Katrina Martin
> TCB
> HAC
> HBB
> Texas Airheads
>
>
