Outlook

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 13, 2003, 1:38 pm

Does anyone know where Outlook keeps all the mail? I want to move them all from my old HD to my new one so I can format the old one, and it's the last thing I need.

Thanks

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » October 13, 2003, 1:52 pm

Use Search, having it show hidden files/folders.

Name_of_folder.dbx

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 13, 2003, 1:53 pm

Exporting it all to a .pst file and then re-importing it is your best bet. Things get screwy sometimes otherwise.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 13, 2003, 2:31 pm

Thanks, will try this out

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » October 13, 2003, 2:33 pm

well it depends on your mail server. we run exchange, and the mail is also stored serverside.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » October 13, 2003, 5:33 pm

Hopefully you're not confused by the difference between Outlook and Outlook Express, since some of the answers referred to the former, and some to the later... MS are twats for calling them the same thing (almost) anyway.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 13, 2003, 5:59 pm

Voronwë wrote:well it depends on your mail server. we run exchange, and the mail is also stored serverside.

True, if you're on exchange, there's no need to do anything with your inbox, as it all should be serverside. Local folders are all you'd need to back up.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 13, 2003, 6:52 pm

Aabidano wrote:
Voronwë wrote:well it depends on your mail server. we run exchange, and the mail is also stored serverside.
True, if you're on exchange, there's no need to do anything with your inbox, as it all should be serverside. Local folders are all you'd need to back up.

Local folders for Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, etc. are stored in *.pst files. For Outlook Express it's the *.dbx files.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 13, 2003, 7:05 pm

Aranuil wrote:Local folders for Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, etc. are stored in *.pst files. For Outlook Express it's the *.dbx files.

I've never had a problem copying the .dbx files when I've upgraded etc...

The .pst files in outlook seem to be funky though. If export then import I get better\different results than if I copy them off and back in. My PoS compaq laptop self destructs (hw failures) about every 6-8 months, I get plenty of experience with it