reacquiring old emails

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Jim

I just bought a new computer. I transferred everything
from my old hard drive to a folder on the new one. I
installed Microsoft Office and set up Outlook Express as I
had it on the old computer but I forgot to export my old
emails (inbox, outbox, etc.) from the old computer before
I wiped the hard drive clean. However, I do have the
Microsoft Office folder from the old hard drive on my new
computer's hard drive.

Is there some way to retrieve my old email (i.e. dragging
a file or folder, or some other method) other than the
export process? I lost some really important info if
there isn't. I'M SO STUPID!!!

If someone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in
advance.
Jim
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Outlook or outlook express?

Outlook's mail files are at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook, OE's are somewhere else - see insideoe.tomsterdam.com
for help with it.
If you have access to the HD, try Restoration... http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html,
although I think formatting means you'll need a better recovery tool than
restoration.


Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)




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G

GCN CRC

Probably not, since Outlook Express stores the email in a place other than
the Program Files | Microsoft Office folder. You don't say what operating
system version OE version you were using before though.

Most OE mail folders have a file extension of .mbx You could try a search
for that.

And life will go on regardless ...

Gary
 
B

Brian Tillman

GCN CRC said:
Most OE mail folders have a file extension of .mbx You could try a
search for that.
Click to expand...

Version 4 of OE used that file type. Versions 5 and 6 use .dbx.
 
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