outlook express backup

[Greg]

I use the freebie oulook express backup program. when I tried to reload the
files after reinstalling it was very confusing. my newsgroup mesages were
not there. I just got the new quick backup version.
question: can this program work for reloading all the settings and newsgroup
messages after reinstalling the hard drive?

Greg

XP home dell inspirion notebook.

 

[PA Bear]

OE Quick Backup (OEQB; http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx) saves
only the following data:

Address Book - .WAB file. This will also be saved in each Identity's backup
folder.

Registry Files*:

Internet Accounts Manager subkey - IAM.reg
Identities subkey - AllIdentities.reg
Address Book (WAB) subkey - AddressBook.reg

Message Stores - all DBX files use by Outlook Express. Each Identity will
have it's dbx files stored in separate folders.

cf. http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/oeqb.htm

[I wouldn't bother trying to backup and restore newsgroups myself.]

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I use the freebie oulook express backup program. when I tried to reload the
files after reinstalling it was very confusing. my newsgroup mesages were
not there. I just got the new quick backup version.
question: can this program work for reloading all the settings and newsgroup
messages after reinstalling the hard drive?

See "OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270670).