Restore Windows Mail cleaning hard drive

[Guest]

I am having trouble restoring windows mail messages after having to reformat
my hard drive. I have an external drive that I had been backing up using
vista backup and restore. Using "my comptuer" I can find the files on the
external hard drive, but when I use either windows mail 'import' feature or
use backiup and restore, I can't find the files. It is like they are gone.
Could they be hidden and if so, how do I un-hide them? Any help would be
appreciated and I can provide more detail if needed. PS: I have been able to
restore pictures and some other files using 'backup and restore', so I know
what I am doing, at least I know a little bit. lol.

 

[Guest]

You nailed it. Windows Mail folders are hidden. Go to Control Panel, Folder
Options, View tab, check show hidden folders, files.
The files are in C:/Users/<yourusername>/APPData/Local/Microsoft/Windows
Mail/Local Folders/....

 

[Guest]

Thanks, that worked perfectly. I knew it was something easy.