WREXY

Hi Peeps,

I want to reformat my PC and don't want to loose my e mails. How do I go about it? I've tried copying them to CD but can't get them up when outloook express opens. Instead, the e mails on my PC come up, not the ones on CD. Can anyone help please?

Cheers,

George.

lightning101

You can unhide all files and folders, then go to documents and settings/yourname/microsoft/outlook/


Or export all files to PST file then import on new machine.

Coldcutt

The export to .pst has always been my fav route.
I reformat bout once every 6 weeks, dump all backups on to a spare hdd or a partition and then import after reinstall.

.pst keeps it nice and tidy too, no danger of partial data loss.

WREXY

Cheers fellas. I'll take the PST route.

George.

Nick

Wrexy
Remember also the File & Settings Transfer wizard is pretty good for favorites, my docs etc.

Coldcutt
You reformat every 6 weeks?

User 1421

PST is definatly one route , t'other one is create a new folder on the HD , drag and drop the emails from aformentioned email client onto folder. Copy folder to CD .

Format machine etc etc .

Load email client
Open folder of CD .
Drag from folder of CD to email client

boomer

Don't forget that Outlook opens a PST for both read AND write access - so it will fail if it is stored on a CD.

You can still use a CD for transfer, and copy back to a hard drive afterwards though!

mb