My bios has crashed and I need to get my emails off the HD

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My bios has crashed and I need to get my emails off the Hard Drive. Is there
anyway of copying some files off the old drive and replacing them onto a
newly formated Hard Drive so that all my old contacts sent and recieved email
are on my new machine.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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My bios has crashed and I need to get my emails off the Hard Drive.
Is there anyway of copying some files off the old drive and replacing
them onto a newly formated Hard Drive so that all my old contacts
sent and recieved email are on my new machine.

Your BIOS? Not sure what you mean. If you mean, your PC has crashed, well,
that depends on what that means. You might try mounting the hard drive in
another computer as a 'slave' to see what you can get off of it. If you
aren't sure how to do this, might want to find a local tech to help you out.

Presuming you can get access to the file system on that drive (i.e., it
isn't damaged):

Your calendar data, as well as messages, tasks, notes, contacts, etc. are
stored in a file with a .PST extension. Look here for all the information
you need on backup and restoration of Outlook data:

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

 

[Vanguard]

My bios has crashed and I need to get my emails off the Hard Drive. Is
there
anyway of copying some files off the old drive and replacing them onto a
newly formated Hard Drive so that all my old contacts sent and recieved
email
are on my new machine.

If, as you claim, your "BIOS has crashed" then you can't do anything on THAT
computer. You'll have to yank the drive and put it into a different
computer.