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Name: wsarris424
Date: November 10, 2008 at 13:55:17 Pacific
OS: Xp/2000
CPU/Ram: 512mb/196
Product: Dell
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I am moving emails from one computer to another. Old computer has Windows 2000, the new computer has windows xp. Both of these computers use Outlook Express 6. I have used outlook express to save all emails into .dbx files on the desktop. I made a copy of these files to a flash drive. I put the flash drive into the new computer and copied the files to the desktop. I attempted to import the .dbx files from the desktop using outlook express. I selected the option to attempt all folders. The SOB downloaded all the emails from the sent and deleted items, and only one from the inbox.dbx file. I have over 600 emails in this file making it over 70 mb. When I attempted to retrieve from only the inbox, it downloaded one of them only. I have tried using a few programs, however they do not recognize the .dbx file as having any emails in it. This is for a business and I really need to get these emails on this computer. When I pulled up the old computer, the emails were no longer in the inbox and when I attempted to retrieve, it did the same thing. I don't know what to do and I'm about to pull my hair out. someone please help!!!



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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: November 11, 2008 at 10:04:54 Pacific
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Copy the dbx files into the path where they should be located, replacing the existing.

C:\Documents and Settings\UserId\Application Data\Identities then into your associated identity.

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