Files and settings transfer wizard.

sabelu

Am trying to take email and address book from my old desktop to my new laptop. Have a 1gb memory stick and am using the wizard but with little success can anyone help?

MercilessKiller

Back up Outlook Express emails

Head to the Tools menu and click Options. Go to the Maintenance tab and click Store Folder. Then select and copy the folder location ([Ctrl] + [C]). Close the dialog.

Click Start > Run. In the Open box, press [Ctrl] + [V] to paste the location, then click OK. Once it’s opened the folder, click Edit > Select All. Click Edit again, Copy and then close the window.

Create a new folder wherever you want your backup to be saved and press Edit > Paste (or simply click [Ctrl] + [V] in the folder). Perform all of these steps for each Outlook Express identity.

Use XP’s File and Settings Transfer Wizard

If you have XP you can use the File and Settings Transfer Wizard to back up your email. Start the wizard, choose Old Computer and click Next. When asked to select a transfer method, choose Other and enter an appropriate destination.

Click Next. Choose ‘Let me select a custom list of files and settings’ and click Next. Remove everything on the list except for Outlook Express and finish the wizard. It won’t save passwords so keep a record of these.

If you need to restore, just start the File and Settings Transfer wizard again, choose the new computer option and point the wizard to the backup data you saved in the steps above.

(taken from http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=44024&subsectionid=780&subsubsectionid=645)