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Outlook
Posted: October 13, 2003, 1:38 pm
by Dregor Thule
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
Posted: October 13, 2003, 1:52 pm
by Vetiria
Use Search, having it show hidden files/folders.
Name_of_folder.dbx
Posted: October 13, 2003, 1:53 pm
by Aabidano
Exporting it all to a .pst file and then re-importing it is your best bet. Things get screwy sometimes otherwise.
Posted: October 13, 2003, 2:31 pm
by Dregor Thule
Thanks, will try this out
Posted: October 13, 2003, 2:33 pm
by Voronwë
well it depends on your mail server. we run exchange, and the mail is also stored serverside.
Posted: October 13, 2003, 5:33 pm
by Zaelath
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.
Posted: October 13, 2003, 5:59 pm
by Aabidano
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.
Posted: October 13, 2003, 6:52 pm
by noel
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.
Posted: October 13, 2003, 7:05 pm
by Aabidano
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
