Help, Accessing "Contacts"

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J's Dad

I built a new computer. I'm running my "old" hard drive
as a "slave", it originally operated on windows 98. My
new operating system is xp.

I'm cannot retrieve my "contacts" from my "old" outlook
express. I'm able to locate what I believe are the
outlook express files, but the old contact information is
not there. It appears to be running in the new outlook
form, even though it's getting the information off
my "old" drive.

Please Help !!
 
Clarify what you are using.
Outlook and Outlook Express are completely different programs.
 
Sorry, the information I'm trying to retrieve is/was in
Outlook Express, 6 I believe.

Outlook has been installed on the "new" system/drive.

-----Original Message-----
Clarify what you are using.
Outlook and Outlook Express are completely different programs.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's Dad said:
I built a new computer. I'm running my "old" hard drive
as a "slave", it originally operated on windows 98. My
new operating system is xp.

I'm cannot retrieve my "contacts" from my "old" outlook
express. I'm able to locate what I believe are the
outlook express files, but the old contact information is
not there. It appears to be running in the new outlook
form, even though it's getting the information off
my "old" drive.

Please Help !!
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J's Dad said:
Sorry, the information I'm trying to retrieve is/was in
Outlook Express, 6 I believe.

Outlook has been installed on the "new" system/drive.
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Which version of Outlook? If 2002 or 2003, the "Import and Export>Import
Internet Mail and Addresses" wizard should do the job. Alternatively, you
can import them back into OE and then use that to export to Outlook. It's
often the more desirable approach because it preserves the message dates.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.
 
Then you need to restore the data to OE on your new drive first. Only then
will you be able to export/import from OE to Outlook. If you need help
restoring to OE, you'll need to visit an OE group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's Dad said:
Sorry, the information I'm trying to retrieve is/was in
Outlook Express, 6 I believe.

Outlook has been installed on the "new" system/drive.

-----Original Message-----
Clarify what you are using.
Outlook and Outlook Express are completely different programs.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's Dad said:
I built a new computer. I'm running my "old" hard drive
as a "slave", it originally operated on windows 98. My
new operating system is xp.

I'm cannot retrieve my "contacts" from my "old" outlook
express. I'm able to locate what I believe are the
outlook express files, but the old contact information is
not there. It appears to be running in the new outlook
form, even though it's getting the information off
my "old" drive.

Please Help !!
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I'm not sure whats meant by "Then you need to restore the
data to OE on your new drive first." My computer was
purchased in pieces, we purchased all the components
seperatly to the end result. I did buy a new drive, "c" a
seperate motherboard etc. My "old" drive, "f", was
running on 98, does the xp on the "c" drive "over-ride"
the 98 on the f ?? I understand they operate diff. fat32
etc.

I'm able to fing the contact folders (on the f) & open.
The page appears, similar to my old outlook express b-4.
when I select the contacts I get none of the names & info
added b-4. Theres one folder that does have 4
names/contacts. Not near as many as I had b-4.

An OE group is what ?? Is that the computer mfg. i.e.
sony, hp, compaq etc ?? If so, thats not an option.

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-----Original Message-----
Then you need to restore the data to OE on your new drive first. Only then
will you be able to export/import from OE to Outlook. If you need help
restoring to OE, you'll need to visit an OE group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's Dad said:
Sorry, the information I'm trying to retrieve is/was in
Outlook Express, 6 I believe.

Outlook has been installed on the "new" system/drive.

-----Original Message-----
Clarify what you are using.
Outlook and Outlook Express are completely different programs.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I built a new computer. I'm running my "old" hard drive
as a "slave", it originally operated on windows 98. My
new operating system is xp.

I'm cannot retrieve my "contacts" from my "old" outlook
express. I'm able to locate what I believe are the
outlook express files, but the old contact
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information
is
not there. It appears to be running in the new outlook
form, even though it's getting the information off
my "old" drive.

Please Help !!




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This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
outlook express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's dad said:
I'm not sure whats meant by "Then you need to restore the
data to OE on your new drive first." My computer was
purchased in pieces, we purchased all the components
seperatly to the end result. I did buy a new drive, "c" a
seperate motherboard etc. My "old" drive, "f", was
running on 98, does the xp on the "c" drive "over-ride"
the 98 on the f ?? I understand they operate diff. fat32
etc.

I'm able to fing the contact folders (on the f) & open.
The page appears, similar to my old outlook express b-4.
when I select the contacts I get none of the names & info
added b-4. Theres one folder that does have 4
names/contacts. Not near as many as I had b-4.

An OE group is what ?? Is that the computer mfg. i.e.
sony, hp, compaq etc ?? If so, thats not an option.

@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@**@**@**@*@*@*@**@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*
-----Original Message-----
Then you need to restore the data to OE on your new drive first. Only then
will you be able to export/import from OE to Outlook. If you need help
restoring to OE, you'll need to visit an OE group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
J's Dad said:
Sorry, the information I'm trying to retrieve is/was in
Outlook Express, 6 I believe.

Outlook has been installed on the "new" system/drive.


-----Original Message-----
Clarify what you are using.
Outlook and Outlook Express are completely different
programs.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I built a new computer. I'm running my "old" hard drive
as a "slave", it originally operated on windows 98. My
new operating system is xp.

I'm cannot retrieve my "contacts" from my "old" outlook
express. I'm able to locate what I believe are the
outlook express files, but the old contact information
is
not there. It appears to be running in the new outlook
form, even though it's getting the information off
my "old" drive.

Please Help !!




.
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J's dad said:
I'm not sure whats meant by "Then you need to restore the
data to OE on your new drive first." My computer was
purchased in pieces, we purchased all the components
seperatly to the end result. I did buy a new drive, "c" a
seperate motherboard etc. My "old" drive, "f", was
running on 98, does the xp on the "c" drive "over-ride"
the 98 on the f ?? I understand they operate diff. fat32
etc.
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Unless you've set up your system as a dual boot system (i.e., you can choose
whether to boot Windows 98 or Windows XP), then whatever is on your C drive
is what your comuter will run. You said that's XP. Now, the goal is to
get your old Outlook Express mail (on your F drive) into Outlook on your C
drive. To do that, you'll need to use the Outlook Express installed on your
C drive (it's included in Windows XP).

Your old mail is contained in a number of files whose type is ".dbx".
Search your F drive to find them. Your Outlook Express contacts are stored
in a WIndows Address Book on your F drive, a file whose type is ".wab".
First import that into Outlook Express. Then, tell Outlook Express where to
find your DBX files with Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store Folder. This
should then get all your old messages into Outlook Express in Windows XP.
Set up Outlook so that it's properly configured by creating a Mail profile
using Control Panel (there's a Mail applet in there) and adding a Personal
Folders File. In Outlook, create an Email account. Now, in Outlook
Express, Export first addresses, then messages and everything should be
transferred to Outlook.
An OE group is what ?? Is that the computer mfg. i.e.
sony, hp, compaq etc ?? If so, thats not an option.
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An Outlook Express newsgroup. This newsgroup, microsoft.public.outlook is
an Outlook newsgroup. Other newsgroups exist that deal with questions
strictly pertaining to Outlook Express. One is
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress, which you should
be able to find on the same server you find this group.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.
 
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