Just got a new computer, and wanted to transfer my addrerss book, messages,
and IE favorites from old machine.

I used an external hard drive, and copied the address book, messages, and
favorites folder in IE. I can now access those files on new machine, but not
sure how to go about putting them on new system. Both machines run IE 6, old
system is Win 98, new is Win XP, if it matters.

I tried to "import" the address book, but when I browse to that folder it
appears there is nothing in it. If I just open the folder, the files are
there, and list as vCard files.

Any help/info greatly appreciated, Todd McD

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 (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Patricia McDermott wrote:
> Just got a new computer, and wanted to transfer my addrerss book,
> messages, and IE favorites from old machine.
>
> I used an external hard drive, and copied the address book, messages, and
> favorites folder in IE. I can now access those files on new machine, but
> not sure how to go about putting them on new system. Both machines run IE
> 6, old system is Win 98, new is Win XP, if it matters.
>
> I tried to "import" the address book, but when I browse to that folder it
> appears there is nothing in it. If I just open the folder, the files are
> there, and list as vCard files.
>
> Any help/info greatly appreciated, Todd McD

For all OE items, see:

Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

For your Favorites:

In IE: File | Export | Favorites. Send them to a location to copy them to
CD. On the new machine, copy them from the CD to a folder on your
HDD and in IE: File | Import | Favorites.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Patricia McDermott" <pjm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eput$NDDGHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Just got a new computer, and wanted to transfer my addrerss book,
> messages, and IE favorites from old machine.
>
> I used an external hard drive, and copied the address book, messages, and
> favorites folder in IE. I can now access those files on new machine, but
> not sure how to go about putting them on new system. Both machines run IE
> 6, old system is Win 98, new is Win XP, if it matters.
>
> I tried to "import" the address book, but when I browse to that folder it
> appears there is nothing in it. If I just open the folder, the files are
> there, and list as vCard files.
>
> Any help/info greatly appreciated, Todd McD
>

Hello,

Have a look to the SafeMail utility at
http://www.qwhale.com/products/safemail/

Trial version (limited to backing up up to 10 message folders) of SafeMail
can be downloaded from
http://www.qwhale.com/download/safem...Install105.zip

Should you have any questions regarding SafeMail please don't hesitate to
write us:
mailto:contact@qwhale.com.

--
Andrey Medvedev
Quantum Whale,
www.qwhale.com

"Patricia McDermott" <pjm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eput$NDDGHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Just got a new computer, and wanted to transfer my addrerss book,
> messages, and IE favorites from old machine.
>
> I used an external hard drive, and copied the address book, messages, and
> favorites folder in IE. I can now access those files on new machine, but
> not sure how to go about putting them on new system. Both machines run IE
> 6, old system is Win 98, new is Win XP, if it matters.
>
> I tried to "import" the address book, but when I browse to that folder it
> appears there is nothing in it. If I just open the folder, the files are
> there, and list as vCard files.
>
> Any help/info greatly appreciated, Todd McD
>

Todd

Were you using Mozilla on your old machine?
http://vcard.mozdev.org/

It seems to me that your backup of your address book etc may be in a format
that Outlook Express will not recognise. Can you still access your old
machine
and back up these files in a different file format?

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



"Patricia McDermott" <pjm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eput$NDDGHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Just got a new computer, and wanted to transfer my addrerss book,
> messages, and IE favorites from old machine.
>
> I used an external hard drive, and copied the address book, messages, and
> favorites folder in IE. I can now access those files on new machine, but
> not sure how to go about putting them on new system. Both machines run IE
> 6, old system is Win 98, new is Win XP, if it matters.
>
> I tried to "import" the address book, but when I browse to that folder it
> appears there is nothing in it. If I just open the folder, the files are
> there, and list as vCard files.
>
> Any help/info greatly appreciated, Todd McD
>