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I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my windows

XP.

 

I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start afresh.

 

Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my Outlook

Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

 

I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned out' PC,

but would like to be able to refer to any previous correspondance and to be

able to find email addresses if necessary. Thanks.

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    JWBH wrote:

    > I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my

    > windows XP.

    >

    > I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start

    > afresh.

    >

    > Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my

    > Outlook Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >

    > I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned

    > out' PC, but would like to be able to refer to any previous

    > correspondance and to be able to find email addresses if necessary.

     

    In OE, you can find the path of your mailbox(es) via Tools->Options->

    Maintenance->Store folder.

    When you look in this folder you will find a number of .dbx files. These

    contain your email. Before copieing, close IE.

     

    You can import these in your new installation using File->Import->Messages.

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    "Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message

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    > JWBH wrote:

    >

    >> I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my

    >> windows XP.

    >>

    >> I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start

    >> afresh.

    >>

    >> Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my

    >> Outlook Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >>

    >> I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned

    >> out' PC, but would like to be able to refer to any previous

    >> correspondance and to be able to find email addresses if necessary.

    >

    > In OE, you can find the path of your mailbox(es) via Tools->Options->

    > Maintenance->Store folder.

    > When you look in this folder you will find a number of .dbx files. These

    > contain your email. Before copieing, close IE.

    >

    > You can import these in your new installation using

    > File->Import->Messages.

     

     

    Many thanks. After finding file location in Store Folder as you advised, I

    then went to: 'Start' > Search> typed in that file location and found five

    DBX came up in the Search window.

     

    When I opened them in Word to have a look at them, they seem very 'Scruffy'

    though. (i.e. not in the normal neat order).

     

    Anyway to copy them do I have to open them in a program like Word? Or can I

    do a 'right click' in the Search box and then select copy and transfer them

    straight to the external hard drive? Thanking you for any further

    guidance.

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    JWBH wrote:

    > "Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message

    > news:Xns996188B9A351Dabinvalid@194.109.133.133...

    >> JWBH wrote:

    >>

    >>> I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my

    >>> windows XP.

    >>>

    >>> I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start

    >>> afresh.

    >>>

    >>> Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my

    >>> Outlook Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >>>

    >>> I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my

    >>> 'cleaned out' PC, but would like to be able to refer to any

    >>> previous correspondance and to be able to find email addresses

    >>> if necessary.

    >>

    >> In OE, you can find the path of your mailbox(es) via

    >> Tools->Options-> Maintenance->Store folder.

    >> When you look in this folder you will find a number of .dbx files.

    >> These contain your email. Before copieing, close IE.

    >>

    >> You can import these in your new installation using

    >> File->Import->Messages.

    >

    >

    > Many thanks. After finding file location in Store Folder as you

    > advised, I then went to: 'Start' > Search> typed in that file

    > location and found five DBX came up in the Search window.

    >

    > When I opened them in Word to have a look at them, they seem very

    > 'Scruffy' though. (i.e. not in the normal neat order).

    >

    > Anyway to copy them do I have to open them in a program like Word?

    > Or can I do a 'right click' in the Search box and then select copy

    > and transfer them straight to the external hard drive? Thanking

    > you for any further guidance.

     

    1. Select the emails you want to save in OE

     

    2. Drag them to a folder on your external drive. They will be stored

    there as discrete files (not ".dbx") and can be opened with any

    program that can normally open them.

     

    3. If you want to get them back to OE after reinstalling, just drag

    them to one or more of OE's pseudo folders..they will then be

    non-discrete files in the folder's .dbx file.

     

     

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    The files are in a database format, that's why the contents look the way

    they do. Outlook Express manages the database and displays the contents in

    readable format. Best not to alter the .dbx files in case you make the files

    unreadable in OE.

     

     

    "JWBH" <blue.star777@REMOOOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message

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    > "Ingeborg" <a@b.invalid> wrote in message

    > news:Xns996188B9A351Dabinvalid@194.109.133.133...

    >> JWBH wrote:

    >>

    >>> I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my

    >>> windows XP.

    >>>

    >>> I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start

    >>> afresh.

    >>>

    >>> Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my

    >>> Outlook Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >>>

    >>> I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned

    >>> out' PC, but would like to be able to refer to any previous

    >>> correspondance and to be able to find email addresses if necessary.

    >>

    >> In OE, you can find the path of your mailbox(es) via Tools->Options->

    >> Maintenance->Store folder.

    >> When you look in this folder you will find a number of .dbx files. These

    >> contain your email. Before copieing, close IE.

    >>

    >> You can import these in your new installation using

    >> File->Import->Messages.

    >

    >

    > Many thanks. After finding file location in Store Folder as you advised, I

    > then went to: 'Start' > Search> typed in that file location and found five

    > DBX came up in the Search window.

    >

    > When I opened them in Word to have a look at them, they seem very

    > 'Scruffy' though. (i.e. not in the normal neat order).

    >

    > Anyway to copy them do I have to open them in a program like Word? Or can

    > I do a 'right click' in the Search box and then select copy and transfer

    > them straight to the external hard drive? Thanking you for any further

    > guidance.

    >

    >

    >

    >

    >

    >

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    "JWBH" <blue.star777@REMOOOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message

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    > I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my windows

    > XP.

    >

    > I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start afresh.

    >

    > Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my Outlook

    > Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >

    > I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned out'

    PC,

    > but would like to be able to refer to any previous correspondance and to

    be

    > able to find email addresses if necessary. Thanks.

    >

    >

     

    How to back up and to restore Outlook Express data

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670/

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    "JWBH" <blue.star777@REMOOOOVEvirgin.net> wrote

    >I seem to be having a lot of trouble with a 'corrupted file' in my windows

    >XP.

    >

    > I thought I would reinstall the XP from my original CD and start afresh.

    >

    > Would anyone kindly explain to a novice the 'process' to save my Outlook

    > Express to a external portable hard drive, please.

    >

    > I am not looking to necessarily return it back again to my 'cleaned out'

    > PC, but would like to be able to refer to any previous correspondance and

    > to be able to find email addresses if necessary. Thanks.

     

    FYI, there is a specific newsgroup for Outlook Express.

    http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

     

    This is a useful site for OE issues:

    http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/

     

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    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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