COPYING & BACKING UP EMAILS & ADDRESS BOOK

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Paul B. Carnall

The last time I upgraded my system and had to reformat my hard-drive I lost
all my emails and address book.

I am about to upgrade again and would like to back-up my OE folders so that
I can restore them after upgrading. WindowsXP says in the help
"..........point to the folder you want to compact....... clicl
FILE......click compact. The compacted folder will have a .dbx
extension....ie Sent Items.dbx......locate this file and copy it to floppy
disk......"

Following this procedure does NOTHING. Searching for a .dbx folder achieves
nothing.

Can anyone tell me how to successfully copy and/or back-up my email folders
and address book so that I can reinstate them after upgrading.

Many thanks

Paul B. Carnall
 
Just do a search for *.dbx and *.wab files. Make sure to go to "More
Advanced Options" in the search window and check "Search hidden files and
folders". Backup the results and then on a reinstall, in OE do a file,
import, and point to the backup.
 
Paul said:
The last time I upgraded my system and had to reformat my hard-drive I lost
all my emails and address book.

I am about to upgrade again and would like to back-up my OE folders so that
I can restore them after upgrading. WindowsXP says in the help
"..........point to the folder you want to compact....... clicl
FILE......click compact. The compacted folder will have a .dbx
extension....ie Sent Items.dbx......locate this file and copy it to floppy
disk......"
Click to expand...
An easier way is to move the store folder to where you can find it.
In My Documents, create a new folder <My Mail>
Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store Folder > Change to MyDocuments\My Mail

If you use a separate address book, you will need File>Export that too.

Then My Mail will automatically back up with My Documents
HTH
 
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Harry
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
"Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
NO

| Just do a search for *.dbx and *.wab files. Make sure to go to "More
| Advanced Options" in the search window and check "Search hidden files
and
| folders". Backup the results and then on a reinstall, in OE do a
file,
| import, and point to the backup.
|
| | > The last time I upgraded my system and had to reformat my hard-drive
I
| lost
| > all my emails and address book.
| >
| > I am about to upgrade again and would like to back-up my OE folders
so
| that
| > I can restore them after upgrading. WindowsXP says in the help
| > "..........point to the folder you want to compact....... clicl
| > FILE......click compact. The compacted folder will have a .dbx
| > extension....ie Sent Items.dbx......locate this file and copy it to
floppy
| > disk......"
| >
| > Following this procedure does NOTHING. Searching for a .dbx folder
| achieves
| > nothing.
| >
| > Can anyone tell me how to successfully copy and/or back-up my email
| folders
| > and address book so that I can reinstate them after upgrading.
| >
| > Many thanks
| >
| > Paul B. Carnall
| >
| >
| >
|
|
 
message | Paul B. Carnall wrote:
| > The last time I upgraded my system and had to reformat my hard-drive
I lost
| > all my emails and address book.
| >
| > I am about to upgrade again and would like to back-up my OE folders
so that
| > I can restore them after upgrading. WindowsXP says in the help
| > "..........point to the folder you want to compact....... clicl
| > FILE......click compact. The compacted folder will have a .dbx
| > extension....ie Sent Items.dbx......locate this file and copy it to
floppy
| > disk......"
| >
| An easier way is to move the store folder to where you can find it.
| In My Documents, create a new folder <My Mail>
| Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store Folder > Change to
MyDocuments\My Mail
|
| If you use a separate address book, you will need File>Export that
too.
|
| Then My Mail will automatically back up with My Documents
| HTH
| --
|
| Peter

NO
 
YES

message | See if this will help. http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
| Harry
| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
| "Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself."
| +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| | > The last time I upgraded my system and had to reformat my hard-drive
I
| lost
| > all my emails and address book.
| >
| > I am about to upgrade again and would like to back-up my OE folders
so
| that
| > I can restore them after upgrading. WindowsXP says in the help
| > "..........point to the folder you want to compact....... clicl
| > FILE......click compact. The compacted folder will have a .dbx
| > extension....ie Sent Items.dbx......locate this file and copy it to
floppy
| > disk......"
| >
| > Following this procedure does NOTHING. Searching for a .dbx folder
| achieves
| > nothing.
| >
| > Can anyone tell me how to successfully copy and/or back-up my email
| folders
| > and address book so that I can reinstate them after upgrading.
| >
| > Many thanks
| >
| > Paul B. Carnall
| >
| >
|
|
 
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