Thanks Michael,
That is a lot of advice to check out in one reaction!

Yes, I have message rules for all "expected" e-mail sources going to
predifined folders and frequently empty Deleted Items folder.

Will look at your other advise.

Thanks and Regards,

John

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Before importing, did you empty Deleted Items and Sent Items folders, move
> everything out of Inbox to other, user-created OE folders and then compact
> all folders (http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact)?
>
> References:
>
> Backup & Restore OE Data
> http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
> 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
>
> Why you may lose messages:
>
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
>
> Recovering lost data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> DBXtract
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
>
> DBXtend (additional functionality)
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
>
> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
>
> OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
> http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Avoiding Such Corruption in Future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
> compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
> automatically compacting your message store.
>
> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
>
>
> John wrote:
> > I just installed a larger HD. Before swapping it, I backed up the complete
> > content onto a large external drive.
> > Besides the My Documents folder, I need to move my Outlook Express folders
> > to the new drive as well. I did find the regular folders containing Inbox,
> > Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items and Drafts in C:\Documents and
> > Settings\My Name\Local Settings\Application
> > Data\Identities{30DigitNumber}\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
> > There are a few other folders there as well, but not the ones like "Family
> > and Friends" and others I generated. Also based on their size, they are
> > much to small to contain the thousants of emails the original folders
> > still contain. It looks like these private folders are not stored here. I
> > may be that their data are compressed to deal with my much too full HD.
> > Where can I find them and how do I copy them over onto the new larger
> > internal HD?
> > Also, when I tried to import the ones shown, only emails from 2002 were
> > imported while the bulk of them was generated in 2003 through 2005. Why
> > are the latter one not imported. I reinstalled the old drive and still
> > found all old E-mail where they were before. So, where can I find the
> > newer ones?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
>
>