Issues Moving Data from Outlook Express to Outlook

I’m having issues importing data from my Outlook Express 6.0 account to
Outlook 2003. The move is necessary because my previous laptop is no
longer bootable. I can access the data however, via my new laptop.

Since I can’t boot the old drive, I can’t run Outlook Express data
(so that I can export the data). The previous drive hard-drive ran XP.
The new laptop runs Vista which makes Outlook Express unavailable. What
can I do? Is it possible to find the right files to move from the old
hard-drive to the new one? I’ve tried several different importing
options but have not been successful. Help?!

Thanks!

 

This has nothing to do with Windows Mail or Vista.

You can only Export OE data to OL if and only if both applications are
installed on the same machine and functional. (Note that the OL experts
strongly recommend exporting OE date to OL, not importing the OE data into
OL. Think about it.)

You may be able to recover the OE data (e.g., DBX and WAB files) from the
HDD and then import the data into OE on a functional machine (where OL is
also installed). Afterwards, you could then export the data to OL.

It's possible to migrate the recovered OE data into Windows Mail in Vista
and then export it to OL but I wouldn't recommend it myself.

 

You need the complete OE message store folder on read/write media (meaning
that if it's on CD it won't work). Locate the folder on the old drive with
the DBX files, and copy that *entire* folder to somewhere on your new
laptop. Then use the Outlook import wizards.

For addresses, you'll have to search for the WAB file separately.

HTH
-pk

 

Thanks. I'd considered that option but hoped to avoid it. My OE files
are large. I wonder if it's possible to load OE onto a Vista based hard
drive. Any thoughts?

 

That will not work, Patrick. OL cannot import the data if it's not
associated with (running in) an OE identity (and you wouldn't want to Import
the data into OL anyway lest you lose the messages' time-stamps).

 

Well, it's /possible/, yes, but not without its pitfalls (and a later export
to OL might prove problematic, as well).

HOW TO Migrate from Outlook Express to Windows Mail
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm or...
http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail