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by tabcomputers2002

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I just installed a new hard drive With 98Se. I was not able to get both drives working in the machine at the same time, so I could not clone the drives. The original drive was starting to fail.

Is there anyway to take the messages from the old drive and get them into the new drive? I tried to do an Export, but it would only look for a new version of Outlook Express or Outlook. I have the old drive and am able to install it in an old system.

Any any ideas?

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by dmiles

The first option I would try is to install the new drive as master and old one as the slave and then transfer the files and programs to new drive.

You should also see tech republic article 200 ways to save a hard drive that may provide info to help

by thechas

Outlook Express messages are stored in .dbx files.

There will be a .dbx file for each folder that you had, along with 1 more file.

There are several different paths that the files may be in depending on the version of OE you were using.
Start by looking in C:\Windows\Application Data\Users\Microsoft\Outlook Express\{a string}
(or a path similar to the above, I am on a XP box at the moment, and the paths are different)

If you can access the drive, copy the folder with the .dbx files in it to the new drive.

Then, from OE, use the import tool, and direct the import wizard to the folder where you placed the files.

Chas

by tabcomputers2002

I tried to set one as the master and the other as slave, but no luck. I also tried them on seperate IDE cables. No luck.

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