Can't locate OE 5.5 or 6.0 Folders

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I bought a larger hard drive that I am now using this as my Master
hard drive as my old drive as a Slave drive. I reloaded Outlook
Express to the new drive and upgraded to 6.0. The problem is I can't
find my e-mail folders from the previous version OE 5.5 or this new
version (6.0). In the past, I know the Outlook Express e-mail folders
were *.dbx files. I searched my pc for the names of my folders
(example: Hilton) in the search box, I entered *hilton*.* and I come
up with nothing. I also searched *.dbx and found nothing also Whats
going on here? Are all my e-mail folders part of a larger file now
(like what you you with Outlook (*.pst)).

Please help!! I have 2 years of e-mail that is floating around my pc
that I would like to get access to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rick
 
In WindowsXP and Win2K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View.
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