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i experienced a hard drive failure recently so i decided to try and get my files out.i succeeded, but my utlook files were in .dbx extensions hence i could not import them into my new outlook archive.does anybody have an idea of how to convert them to the importable .pst extension files?

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by thechas

.DBX files are the default extension for Outlook Express. One significant difference between OE and Outlook is that OE stores your email in multiple files. There should be 1 .dbx file for each OE folder.

If you have a single file that you are sure is your Outlook file from the old system, try making a copy and changing the extension to .pst That may be all you need.

If you cannot import the files into Outlook, they may be corrupt.

You might want to give DBXtract a try.

http://www.oehelp.com/dbxtract/default.aspx

If you have a corrupt dbx file, DBXtract may be able to pull some of the messages from the file.

Chas

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