Backing up Outlook Express

[drfsupercenter]

Well, my dad is going to reformat his computer because of the email problem. He has one of those Maxtor backup drives, so he will just put all the data on that. However, he asked how to back up the email. When I had to back up my mom's email, I just forwarded the entire inbox to my gmail account, and same for the other folders, and just set my gmail account up in OE after the reformat. However, my dad has around 1,000 emails in the inbox, so naturally Outlook Express crashes when attempting to forward these all at once. Is there some way to back them up on a CD so that he doesn't have to send 50 different emails?

[sonic_emperor]

found this,bit complicated...

Copy Mail Files to a Backup Folder

To make a backup copy of your Outlook Express e-mail message files:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. Select the folder location, and then press CTRL+C to copy the location.
4. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.
5. Click Start, and then click Run.
6. In the Open box, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.
7. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
8. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.
9. Right-click any empty space on your desktop, click New, and then click Folder.
10. Type mail backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
11. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
12. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
13. Close the Mail Backup window.

Export Your Outlook Express Address Book

1. On the File menu, click Export, and then click Address Book.
2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Export.
3. Click Browse.
4. Locate the Mail Backup folder that you created.
5. In the File Name box, type address book backup, and then click Save.
6. Click Next.
7. Click to select the check boxes for the fields that you want to export, and then click Finish.
8. Click OK and then click Close.

Export the Mail Setting Account to a File

To make a backup copy of your Outlook Express mail account:

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. On the Mail tab, click the mail account that you want to export, and then click Export.
3. In the Save In box, locate the Mail Backup folder on your desktop, and then click Save.
4. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to export.
5. Click Close.

Export the Newsgroup Settings Account to a File

To make a backup copy of your Outlook Express news accounts:

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. On the News tab, click the news account that you want to export, and then click Export.
3. In the Save In box, use locate the Mail Backup folder on your desktop, and then click Save.
4. Repeat these steps for each news account that you want to export.
5. Click Close.

How to Back Up Blocked Senders List and Other Mail Rules
The Blocked Senders List

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and click the following registry subkeys (save each key to a different file):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Block Senders
4. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.
5. In the Save In box, change the location to your desktop.
6. In the File Name box, type blocked senders.reg (for the Block Senders key), and then click Save.

Other Mail Rules

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and click the following registry subkeys (save each key to a different file):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Identity Number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail
4. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.
5. In the Save In box, change the location to your desktop.
6. In the File Name box, type mail rules.reg (for the mail rules key), and then click Save.
7. On the Registry menu, click Exit.

[sonic_emperor]

restore

mport Messages from the Backup Folder

To import your Outlook Express e-mail messages from the Backup folder:

1. On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
2. In the Select an e-mail program to import from box, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5 or Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then click Next.
3. Click Import mail from an OE5 store directory or Import mail from an OE6 store directory, and then click OK.
4. Click Browse, and then click on the Mail Backup folder in your backup location
5. Click OK, and then click Next.
6. Click All folders, click Next, and then click Finish.

Import the Address Book File

To import your Outlook Express address book:

1. On the File menu, click Import, and then click Other Address Book.
2. Click Text File (Comma Separated Values), and then click Import.
3. Click Browse.
4. Locate the Mail Backup folder in your backup location, click the address book backup.csv file, and then click Open.
5. Click Next, and then click Finish.
6. Click OK, and then click Close.

Import the Mail Account File

To import your Outlook Express mail account file:

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. On the Mail tab, click Import.
3. In the Look In box, locate the Mail Backup folder in your backup location.
4. Click the mail account that you want to import, and then click Open.
5. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to import.
6. Click Close.

Import the Newsgroup Account File

To import your Outlook Express news account file:

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. On the News tab, click Import.
3. In the Look In box, locate the Mail Backup folder in your backup location.
4. Click the news account that you want to import, and then click Open.
5. Repeat these steps for each news account that you want to import.
6. Click Close.

[soup]

Wow.

[sonic_emperor]

or try this software



picobackup

[drfsupercenter]

I will try both of these, thanks.

I knew how to do the adress book... that's easy. Just the emails don't have an obvoious "export email" button.

[sonic_emperor]

picobackup does it all together,but the weirdest thing happened when i tried to restore the archive from a cd,winrar required a password to open archive,but as soon as i copied it to my desktop,it worked fine,didnt request a pass,so copy the archive to disk first,and then restore it...

[drfsupercenter]

Which method would you reccomend? I just tried burning using Nero once and it had some "unauthorized" error and totally messed my account in OE up when I tried to restore them.

[nwg]

You can also try this program which I have used.

http://www.outlook-express-backup.com/

[photo_angel2004]

You may want to look into Outlook in the future I found it much easier to back up e-mails through Miscrosoft outlook 2003

[drfsupercenter]

Nah we all use OE...> I hate Outlook.

[sonic_emperor]

Which method would you reccomend? I just tried burning using Nero once and it had some "unauthorized" error and totally messed my account in OE up when I tried to restore them.

well,i dont remember exactly how i restored it ,but there was no problem later,but keep your mind on coping the archive to yor computer,not open it from a cd...
or try software nwg posted

[drfsupercenter]

this will be from a CD, as he is going to wipe the drive and reinstall Windows.

[sonic_emperor]

but when you reinstall windows,just copy it back to your desktop (for example),and use restore option in pico to import it back to outlook

[drfsupercenter]

Right, I gotta show this to my dad first