[Soapgirl]

Good Day! With a failing HP and a rush to meet a warranty deadline I quickly COPIED my information to my Maxtor external drive (all my files including my Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express...yes I use both). With that said, I did not export these files or back them up on their own I just copied them (not realizing that Vista has Windows Mail). My Outlook transferred and runs fine...my Outlook Express on the other hand can't be imported. I even tried transferring it back to my husband's older laptop to reset the Outlook Express and back it up properly but strangely enough even his laptop says that it's not a PST file...even though the extension says it is. HMMMMM??? Any thoughts? MANY THANKS!

[uhaligani]

By what means are you trying to import? In Windows Mail/File, there is an import facility. You need to take it by the hand and show it where you have you Express files and it will do the rest. Before you get to esconsed into windows mail, have a look at the new windows live mail beta which is available for download. Vey similar but with a few spam filter improvements.

[Soapgirl]

Thank you for your assistance. I will research the other program this morning. When I try to us the Import tool in Windows Mail it says the file I'm trying to import is not a .pst file. I believe this is because I copied the whole file instead of exporting it to begin with. Thoughts? Thanks!

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by Soapgirl

Good Day! With a failing HP and a rush to meet a warranty deadline I quickly COPIED my information to my Maxtor external drive (all my files including my Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express...yes I use both). With that said, I did not export these files or back them up on their own I just copied them (not realizing that Vista has Windows Mail). My Outlook transferred and runs fine...my Outlook Express on the other hand can't be imported. I even tried transferring it back to my husband's older laptop to reset the Outlook Express and back it up properly but strangely enough even his laptop says that it's not a PST file...even though the extension says it is. HMMMMM??? Any thoughts? MANY THANKS!

Outlook Express file isno .pst file Outlook's are. OE file is .dbx.

[Soapgirl]

Hmmmm. THIS could be a problem. I'm searching my external drive that I copied my HP to for a .dbx. Thank you!

[EAFiedler]

There will be more than a few .dbx files for Outlook Express.