How can I access Outlook Express folders on crashed PC?

Philocalist

Hmm ... major PC crash on XP machine has left me with no access to Outlook Express, and backups I (thought) I had are corrupted Evil or Very Mad

. I CAN access the hard drive, so there is some hope ... can anyone please help out here, and tell me where I can locate files that will allow me to transfer my email, and particularly my multiple accounts informations so that I can transfer them onto a Vista PC, into either Outlook 2007, or Windows mail?
Thanks! Very Happy

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1546 Location: Central FL, USA

HI!

Without being there, all I can tell you is that all those "folders" are not folders at all, but Something.dbx files. You can probably just do a search for them and then copy them to a CD, or flash drive.

Now, whether Vista will accept them, is something else.

Maybe someone who's already done it will weigh in here.....

good luck,
The Doctor Cool

jrap107 · Joined: Dec 17, 2002 Posts: 48

If you mount the XP drive as a slave in the Vista computer you might be able to recover your .dbx files by using the import function in either Outlook or Windows Mail.

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 1546 Location: Central FL, USA

FWIW.....

If you want to move/copy an address book from Outlook Express on an XP machine, to Windows Mail (the new Outlook Express) on a Vista machine, then you have to export the address book to some removable media, like a flash drive, in CSV format. Vista will NOT import a .wab file. It has to be a .csv file.
Go figure!

Doc Cool

mommabear · Joined: Feb 20, 2003 Posts: 6319

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Ackkkk! Never mind. I got lost in here and didn't realize how old this post was. (Getting used to FF3. LOL!)