Outlook Express Backup how to

Hello,

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?

 

On machine that has your emails
1. Open Outlook Express
2. Go to Tools > Options
3. Click the Maintenance tab
4. Click the "Store Folder..." button
5. Copy the contents of the text box to the clipboard

6. Close Outlook Express

7. Bring up the "Run" dialog box and paste the contents of the clipboard to it
8. Click OK

This will bring up the folder that has your emails
Copy the dbx files that you want to move to a removable media

On the machine that you want the files to be copied to.
Repeat the above 8 steps
Copy your dbx files to this folder
Delete the file folders.dbx
When Outlook Express opens it will recreate this file

 

Hello,

Thank you for the reply. I did a search on the net and found a program that suits my needs: Outlook Express Backup Genie