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What would be the best way?
Recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium SP1. Have both old
& new on line via a router. Want to move files (My Documents) including Outlook Express (not application) to the new computer. As i read about easy transfer in Vista, apparently doesn't support ME. i'm just a general type computer user, not real savvy. tia |
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What would be the best way?
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:26:06 -0700, bagger wrote:
Recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium SP1. Have both old & new on line via a router. Want to move files (My Documents) including Outlook Express (not application) to the new computer. As i read about easy transfer in Vista, apparently doesn't support ME. i'm just a general type computer user, not real savvy. Windows Vista comes with an email client called, "Windows Mail". There is a support group for Windows Mail: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.mai l&cat=en_US_9CA88DDB-D18D-FA0E-A366-6E527B0FBA67&lang=en&cr=US Perhaps somebody there can help. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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What would be the best way?
It is possible to copy the files directly across the network - but not
recommended, as it tends to be slow easiest (depending on how much data there is) is to use a USB drive and copy the data to that, then to the new PC - put everything into a subfolder of the Documents folder. Second easiest is to burn the data to CD/DVD and then copy that to the Vista system Note that your OE data resides in the Windows folder, rather than in the User data (only MS knows why!) - so you'll have to either 1) search the drive for the *.dbx files that OE uses, copy them to CD, and then IMPORT them to Windows Mail in Vista, then use the export function of OE to export the accounts to a folder, and again IMPORT them to WinMail or 2) Use the Tools|Options|Maintenance to find the whereabouts of the archive for each account, and then copy them to disk.... etc Note also that some other programs store data outside the My Documents hierarchy - you'll need to search for those, and deal with them. HTH - post back if you need more - and good luck -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "bagger" wrote in message ... Recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium SP1. Have both old & new on line via a router. Want to move files (My Documents) including Outlook Express (not application) to the new computer. As i read about easy transfer in Vista, apparently doesn't support ME. i'm just a general type computer user, not real savvy. tia |
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