How to Recover lost files and folders

[JamesA]

I did an upgrade to Windows vista. I the process my old e-mails and folders
did make it from XP. I have found the old folders in windows.old but don't
seem to be able to import them into windows mail or office 2007 outlook. what
i have are .dbx files that look like the folders from xp because the name
match. How can I get them into windows mail as readable messages? I know
this keeps coming up but get me some help if you can. thanks
(e-mail address removed)

 

[John Inzer]

I did an upgrade to Windows vista. I the process my old e-mails and
folders did make it from XP. I have found the old folders in
windows.old but don't seem to be able to import them into windows
mail or office 2007 outlook. what i have are .dbx files that look
like the folders from xp because the name match. How can I get them
into windows mail as readable messages? I know this keeps coming up
but get me some help if you can. thanks (e-mail address removed)

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Maybe the following articles will offer some ideas:

Importing from Outlook Express
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

Import messages to Windows
Mail from other e-mail programs
http://tinyurl.com/wzewk
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/26079ffc-a56f-46aa-b1e8-fcfc9f60be4b1033.mspx

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Also see http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail

 

[JamesA]

The best info came from John Inzar (see his reply below) I did not exactly
fix the problem but came up with a workable work around. The
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
was very good. I restored the files on an old xp machine running outlook
express. now i can forward the recover files to myself.