importing email and address book from xp home

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bewildered

Hi,

I backed up the email and address book on my computer running xp
home edition by burning the Identities directory and the .wab
file to CD. The burning software said that no errors occurred.
If I use explorer I can see all my emails inside the directory.

I then installed xp pro on the computer and tried to import the
emails and address book using the import menu option in outlook
express. On both there was an error. With the emails it said
that someone else may be using the files, with the address book
it just says an error has occurred.

Help please.

Nick.
 
Copy the backup set to a user-created folder on your HDD, remove the Read
Only attributes all files will have by default, and then try the Import.
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