Getting Outlook Data from Old Hard Drive to New Hard Drive ????

Provided we are talking about Outlook here and not Outlook Express...simply open Outlook, click on FILE, then IMPORT/EXPORT and choose then navigate to the location that has your "personal files" (pst files)on your old drive.  The path for these files can be found by performing a search on the old drive by searching *.pst   .   The pst files are the format for Outlook (OE files are .dbx)

On the other hand, since you say that it is Outlook Express, search for the folder containing the .dbx files. I think that in W98, it would be in c:\windows\application data subfolder, but my memory is somewhat hazy. If you want to save the data copying to the new drive, save the whole folder.

If you have Outlook Express (part of Windows) already installed on the new drive, you can import using File, import, messages, select outlook express (whichever version you had on the old drive), next screen select import mail from a store directory, next screen browse to the folders with your .dbx files. Similarly for the other components shown in the import menu.

I misread the original post. Sorry about that.  JRosenfeld is right about the import and mail.  However I think in the past I have had problems getting OE to find or want to import the mail you want.

If our prior suggestions do not work. Simply locate all the .dbx files on the old drive (these will be inbox.dbx, outbox.dbx, etc) and copy them to your new drive in the correct location.  I think there may be 2 OE folders on your system in 2 different locations.  Unsure on that.  Note I recommend copy dbx rather than move dbx in the event it does not work right you will still have the orginal files intact.  Also note that you will be replacing the .dbx files on your new location thus you may want to rename the extensions on each from .dbx to .db_ or .old and then copy the old files in.

Message Edited by joat77 on 01-17-2004 06:39 AM

Make sure you also have 'show hidden files and folders' checked (it's a radio button rather than a box) (tools, folder options, view tab).

In Windows XP, your Office Outlook .pst file is in

C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

but the Application data folder is hidden unless you check that box.

Your Outlook Express .dbx files are in

C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{8D32DF8B-D3B8-4783-A0C5-FE37E2FC8659}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Your address book (yourusername.wab) is in

C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book

If you use search,  under more advanced options, check the first three boxes so it will search the hidden folders and subfolders and include hidden files.

I doubt that this would work, but you could try right click, rename and replace the ~ by b. the ~ suggests that it is a temporary file, perhaps created by Outlook Express, see

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=wa%7E&Submit3=Go%21

Make sure OE and other apps accessing the address book are closed, then search again for the .wab file.

I use the contacts in Office Outlook, rather than the address book itself, so have no experience using address book (if I look at address book it just has Outlook contacts.

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 01-17-2004 10:20 PM