New Computer - Old Email, or How you can Support and Transfer Your Email

For those who have a completely new computer, or are planning on purchasing one soon, one thing that you'll want to think about is how you can transfer your emails in the old system towards the new system.

At least one time per week within my job like a help-desk analyst, I'm helping a person setup Outlook Express or Outlook (you will find other email clients which are used, however these two are typically the most popular) on their own new computer. After we are carried out with the setup plus they open it up as much as the Mailbox now you ask , requested "where are my old emails?" The straightforward answer "in your old computer". Then obviously the follow-up real question is "how do you encourage them to the brand new computer?"

Easy or Hard

The simplest method of doing this really is to back them as much as an exterior hard disk or perhaps a compact disk prior to you making the change to the brand new computer after which copy them to the brand new computer within the identical directory. Greater way is incorporated in the situation of the crashed computer or even the lack of ability to gain access to the files normally. I cover a little of this in another article known as 'Got Backup copies?' which you'll find inside my website.

Outlook Express

With Outlook Express your emails/email folders are saved in your hard disk inside a directory that's hidden way lower deep within the Operating-system. Rather than me providing you with the entire road to make it happen, it's simplest for those who have Outlook Express open, click Tools then Options.

Copy/Paste

When you are here, click the Maintenance tab after which click the Store Folder button. This can pop another window using the location of the emails. Making use of your mouse, highlight the road after which right click and duplicate it.

You'll then click the Start button, then click Run, after which right click on view box and Paste the road. Click Ok.

This can open another window together with your email files. Unless of course you've added other folders for your Outlook Express, the default folders can be used having a .dbx extension (Folders, Mailbox, Sent Products, Erased Products, and Drafts).

Backup

If you are planning to create these files to some Compact disc, you are able to copy at this time around with your favorite burning software (supplying that you've a Compact disc burners set up in your pc).

To repeat these to an exterior hard disk, you have to now connect that device for your computer, produce a folder with that drive (It's my job to refer to it as Email Backup copies), copy the files in the old computer then paste the files in to the Email Backup copies folder.

Import

After you have the files replicated towards the Compact disc or exterior drive, then you'll visit the new installing of Outlook Express and import the messages. It might be nice should you could just copy these to the brand new OE and become done, but Microsoft does not as if you to get it done this way.

Open OE after which click File, Import, Messages. This can open a brand new window known as Outlook Express Import. Choose Microsoft Outlook Express 6 then click Next. Click within the circle that states 'Import mail from an OE6 store directory'. Click OK. Then click 'Browse' and navigate to and choose your directory you've saved these to. Click OK. The following window provides you with a listing of all the email folders you've formerly saved. Keep 'All folders' selected and click on Next.

This can begin the entire process of posting all your 'old' emails to your 'new' Outlook Express. Once it's finished you'll have all your old emails back! Awesome, huh?

Outlook

The process in order to save after which import your emails in Outlook is comparable, but different.

To begin with, Outlook utilizes a file extension known as pst, or Personal Folder File. Don't request me why it's known as that. Call Bill Gates and request him.

Export

You'll begin that old computer with Outlook open, click File, then 'Import and Export'. This opens the Import and Export Wizard. Choose 'Export to some file' then click Next. Choose 'Personal Folder File' here after which click Next. Within the Export Personal Folders dialogue box you've the selection of what for you to do. The simplest would be to keep your default selection of only the mailbox, but when you would like your sent products and all sorts of other folders, pick the top item (Personal Folders) after which pick the 'Include subfolders' option after which click Next.

The following window have a default location listed
(usually C:Documents and Settings'your computer name'Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlookbackup.pst). I recommend following a same procedure for OE (see above). Then click 'Finish' and allow it to do it's factor.
After you have your pst files supported, proceed to the brand new computer and also the import process will again be much like OE.

Connect your exterior hard disk for your computer or place the Compact disc in to the drive.

Import

Open Outlook, click File, then Import and Export. Within the Import and Export Wizard, this time around choose 'Import from another program or file' then click Next. Within the 'Import a File' window, scroll lower and choose Personal Folder File (.pst) after which click Next.

Within the 'Import Personal Folders' window, click on the Browse button and navigate to the place of the supported pst file, choose it after which click Next. Click 'Finish' and it'll import all your messages.