Restoring Messages from old to new machine

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Stephen Baxter

Explorer 5 no longer works through Windows 85 on my old machine, although I
can copy any files via a floppy disk. Which files should I copy to restore
my archive of old messages to the new Windows XP machine? How then should I
handle those files without risking the integrity of the new machine?

Stephen B
 
This newsgroup is for support of Outlook 97, 98, 2000 & 2002 from the Office
family for Windows PCs. For Outlook Express (OE) support try posting in one
of
these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.inetexplorer.ie4.outlookexpress for OE 4.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...blic.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress
for OE 5.5x
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...ublic.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
for OE 6.x
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...;newsgroupsmicrosoft.public.internet.mail.mac
for the Macintosh version of OE
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...ess.mac&SLCID=US&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups). The links under the newsgroup
references are for use with MS's web newsreader (not exactly the best way to
post but it works for some people)

Also a good source of Outlook Express info can be found here:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Stephen Baxter
asked:

| Explorer 5 no longer works through Windows 85 on my old machine,
| although I can copy any files via a floppy disk. Which files should I
| copy to restore my archive of old messages to the new Windows XP
| machine? How then should I handle those files without risking the
| integrity of the new machine?
|
| Stephen B
 
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