I need to upgrade from Windows Me to Windows Xp, anyone can please tell me how can I backup everything in Outlook Express for an easy restore after reinstalling Windows?
Express? That's pre-historic. Install Thunderbird, import all e-mails from Outlook. Then back-up Thunderbird's mail archive files. As simple as burning the file to CD.
first of all search .pst and you can easly find .pst and after installing xp then configure outlook and set the path of pst
There's a folder somewhere in :\Documents and Settings\your_user_name that holds all the Outlook Express messages. It usually has a unique name, like Profile90f390qa89f3 or something. Or you can just drag and drop your messages right out of OE into a folder. But I'm with T0PS3O. Get rid of OE and install Thunderbird. And welcome to DP
First of all you need to confirm your outlook version ".PST Files are only created by MS Office 2002-3 while Outlook Express has files with extensions .dbx. I hope the following link will help you to resolve your problem Thanks Tulip
Thank you very much for your suggestion. That was just like what I needed. However, if I am to choose between a manual backup and a automated one ( made by a software ) I would go with the last one, because I'm not the "do it your self" type, and I'm afraid of the possibility of losing it if I don't do the backup just right. Too bad the OE Quick Backup has been discontinued.. Sounded like a nice application. However, after searching for similar software tools on the web I've found several , such as http://www.amicutilities.com/outlook-express-backup/ This look like my problem is solved. Thank you!