Backing up outlook express files

[Gordon]

On the internet there are a number of programs enabling one to
transfer files folder and address books for OE.

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number. Good luck!

 

[Guest]

On the internet there are a number of programs enabling one to transfer files
folder and address books for OE. But they are all (to me at least) difficult
to use and understand.

All I want to do is to back up my .dbx folder and my .wab folder by putting
them on to an external hard drive. I have found the two folders and I cannot
see why I should not just drag-and-drop them into the external drive. If I
had a crisis and had to reformat my internal drive (using my laptop recovery
disks) it seems to me that I should be able to drag-and-drop the two folders
back on to the main drive back to the position from which I had removed them.

This seems so much simpler to me than any other way. Question: does any
expert know why I should not use the method I have outlined above? I would be
most grateful for any response.

 

[Gordon]

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6),
or an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If
you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product
Support Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next
to your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group
for that version number. Good luck!

Whoops! The first paragraph is obviously wrong, but the second is true!

 

[Alias]

You can do that but make sure that you have the folders.dbx file and instead
of moving them later, use the Import feature in OE to get them.

Alias
: On the internet there are a number of programs enabling one to transfer
files
: folder and address books for OE. But they are all (to me at least)
difficult
: to use and understand.
:
: All I want to do is to back up my .dbx folder and my .wab folder by
putting
: them on to an external hard drive. I have found the two folders and I
cannot
: see why I should not just drag-and-drop them into the external drive. If I
: had a crisis and had to reformat my internal drive (using my laptop
recovery
: disks) it seems to me that I should be able to drag-and-drop the two
folders
: back on to the main drive back to the position from which I had removed
them.
:
: This seems so much simpler to me than any other way. Question: does any
: expert know why I should not use the method I have outlined above? I would
be
: most grateful for any response.

 

[Guest]

I have used that method countless times to backup Outlook Express for clients
before doing a clean install. You can just copy the root folder (usually a
large string of alphanumeric characters) and the WAB file for the addresses.
If you want to save even more time, you can export the mail account settings
from within Outlook Express and import them when you are setting it back up
again. Just remember that when you copy files to a CD, they automatically
become "READ ONLY". After copying them back to the hard drive, you will have
to remove the READ ONLY attribute from the files. But it is certainly doable
and you don't need to purchase special software to do it.

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for responding so quickly to my question.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for responding. I'll have a look at that.

 

[Gordon]

Thank you, Billy. I thought the idea wasn't silly. It helps to have
you confirm this.

Have a look here: it's the definitive site on OE
Backup and Restore OE

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm

 

[Guest]

Thank you, Billy. I thought the idea wasn't silly. It helps to have you
confirm this.

 

[Carl Hatchell]

Thank you, Billy. I thought the idea wasn't silly. It helps to have you
confirm this.

Check this out. Pretty simple and lets you easily restore
individual messages. http://ajsystems.com/ea7.html

Carl