Recover Email Messages from Backup

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I read the following on microsoft.com when figuring out how to backup
my email, favorites, documents, etc before reinstalling Windows XP.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx)

"Windows XP makes this task especially easy by giving every user
account its own personal profile, which consists of a set of subfolders
in the Documents and Settings folder. Your profile holds your personal
files (in the My Documents folder), Outlook Express e-mail messages,
Internet Explorer Favorites and cookies, and information about your
settings and preferences."

Says my email messages are there under my profile. I made the backup
and restored the info, no problem. Favorites are back, OE Address
Book, etc. But I am not sure where my actual email messages are. Did
I misread the info on microsoft.com, or should my email be out here
somewhere?

 

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Search for the hidden *.DBX files. Use the Import Identities item in Outlook to bring them in.

Inside Outlook Express - Backup and Restore:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm


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<hummels@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:1125446179.367425.232900@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>I read the following on microsoft.com when figuring out how to backup
> my email, favorites, documents, etc before reinstalling Windows XP.
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx)
>
> "Windows XP makes this task especially easy by giving every user
> account its own personal profile, which consists of a set of subfolders
> in the Documents and Settings folder. Your profile holds your personal
> files (in the My Documents folder), Outlook Express e-mail messages,
> Internet Explorer Favorites and cookies, and information about your
> settings and preferences."
>
> Says my email messages are there under my profile. I made the backup
> and restored the info, no problem. Favorites are back, OE Address
> Book, etc. But I am not sure where my actual email messages are. Did
> I misread the info on microsoft.com, or should my email be out here
> somewhere?
>