Lost messages

[fshelledy]

My hard disk crashed. Prior to the crash there had been a compression of
messages on OE, and the folders were backed up. I don't remember whether
they were in Recycle Bin or somewhere else. I saved those backup files on an
external drive. They are in .bak file type.

Now running a new computer with Windows Vista, using Windows Mail. I would
like to restore those message files. How can I do this?

Thanks for your help.
Frank Shelledy

 

[Guest]

My hard disk crashed. Prior to the crash there had been a compression of
messages on OE, and the folders were backed up. I don't remember whether
they were in Recycle Bin or somewhere else. I saved those backup files on
an external drive. They are in .bak file type.

Now running a new computer with Windows Vista, using Windows Mail. I would
like to restore those message files. How can I do this?

Thanks for your help.
Frank Shelledy

I don't know how to extract files from .bak files, but when you do, look
here:

<http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail>

<http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/email/import-dbx-files-outlook-express-windows-mail-vista-86458.html>

Bring along the .wab file if you want your old contacts. After you extract
the files to a directory on your new computer's hard drive, but before you
import them into Windows Mail, make sure these files are read-write
instead of readonly.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

My hard disk crashed. Prior to the crash there had been a compression of
messages on OE, and the folders were backed up. I don't remember whether
they were in Recycle Bin or somewhere else. I saved those backup files on
an external drive. They are in .bak file type.

Now running a new computer with Windows Vista, using Windows Mail. I would
like to restore those message files. How can I do this?

Do you have the Folders.dbx (or Folders.bak) that foes with those files?

 

[fshelledy]

Yes, the folders.bak

Do you have the Folders.dbx (or Folders.bak) that foes with those files?

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Yes, the folders.bak

Create a new folder in your Documents folder and put all of the BAK files in
it.
Rename them to DBX files.
Open WinMail and click File | Import | Messages.
Select Outlook Express and the folder that holds the DBX files.

see
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm