Importing mail to XP

My sister had a Win98SE sytem that died. She bought one that has
WinXP on it. I can't import the OE 5.0 mail folders into WinXP
with OE 6.0. Is there another way to access these e-mail messages.
Some were from a good friend that has died of cancer.

Any help appreciated

Dennis Q.

See if this link helps..
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

"Dennis" wrote in message
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My sister had a Win98SE sytem that died. She bought one that has
WinXP on it. I can't import the OE 5.0 mail folders into WinXP
with OE 6.0. Is there another way to access these e-mail messages.
Some were from a good friend that has died of cancer.

Any help appreciated

Dennis Q.

"Dennis" wrote in message
...
My sister had a Win98SE sytem that died. She bought one that has
WinXP on it. I can't import the OE 5.0 mail folders into WinXP
with OE 6.0. Is there another way to access these e-mail messages.
Some were from a good friend that has died of cancer.

Any help appreciated

Dennis Q.



OLEXP: How to Back Up the Outlook Express Address Book and Mail Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;188854

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William

I can't back up the OE 5.0 because it is on a drive with a messed
up boot sector. I have copied all the *.dbx files in to a folder on
the new C: drive by setting the old drive as a slave. When I try to
import them to the Outlook Express 6.0 in Windows XP, I get this
message:
"No messages can be found in this folder or another application is
running that has the required files open. Please select another folder
or try closing applications that may have files open."

The old pc was Win98SE on fat 32 and the new one is WinXP on NFTS.
Is this a problem? Or, can it be as simple as changing the file
from read only as in: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252603

This pc is about 25 miles from me and I don't want to drive back
and forth trying different things...

I hope I've made this problem more clear...

Ricky wrote:
See if this link helps..
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

"Dennis" wrote in message
...

My sister had a Win98SE sytem that died. She bought one that has
WinXP on it. I can't import the OE 5.0 mail folders into WinXP
with OE 6.0. Is there another way to access these e-mail messages.
Some were from a good friend that has died of cancer.

Any help appreciated

Dennis Q.

From what I've read you copy the dbx files to a folder on your hard drive.
You have to get the folders .dbx file too. Then remove the read only
attribute and import into the new computer.

"Dennis" wrote in message
...
I can't back up the OE 5.0 because it is on a drive with a messed
up boot sector. I have copied all the *.dbx files in to a folder on
the new C: drive by setting the old drive as a slave. When I try to
import them to the Outlook Express 6.0 in Windows XP, I get this
message:
"No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running
that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try
closing applications that may have files open."

The old pc was Win98SE on fat 32 and the new one is WinXP on NFTS.
Is this a problem? Or, can it be as simple as changing the file
from read only as in: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252603

This pc is about 25 miles from me and I don't want to drive back
and forth trying different things...

I hope I've made this problem more clear...

Ricky wrote:
See if this link helps..
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

"Dennis" wrote in message
...

My sister had a Win98SE sytem that died. She bought one that has
WinXP on it. I can't import the OE 5.0 mail folders into WinXP
with OE 6.0. Is there another way to access these e-mail messages.
Some were from a good friend that has died of cancer.

Any help appreciated

Dennis Q.