Windows outlook/outlook express

gipsymilgiflossie

Help please - I lost my hard drive 2 weeks ago on a dell pc (preloaded XP office). Whether I ever received a XP disc from Dell I don't know but I sure couldn't find it when I needed it.
I have replaced the hard drive and the data has been retrieved and returned on an external hard drive. All OK so far. I have bought a new edition of windows XP home, downloaded openoffice and can now access word and excel files. Again all ok. But I cannot access my outlook files from the external drive because I only have express on the PC.
Do I have any options other than buying outlook?
Any advice gratefully received.
Cheers

MonkeySaving?

I'm afraid not, if they are in native PST format then the only app that will open them is Outlook

EDIT, unless there has been a "very" recent plugin that allows OpenOffice to import them. I'm not aware of anything though.

albertross_2

Ring Dell and ask them for the disks, they often send them to you for free, including XP. You've paid for XP and office once already, so no need to buy them again.

kat21

try this software to recover your emails
you can download a free trial, and it really works
http://www.processtext.com/abcoe.html

ABC Amber Outlook Express Converter
kat21

espresso

kat21 wrote:

try this software to recover your emails
you can download a free trial, and it really works
http://www.processtext.com/abcoe.html

ABC Amber Outlook Express Converter
kat21

But that is for Outlook Express files!

There are other readers but you may have to pay for one.

HTH

kat21

yes and what does the thread heading say? outlook/outlook express
kat21
it should still convert them

espresso

kat21 wrote:

yes and what does the thread heading say? outlook/outlook express
kat21
it should still convert them

gipsymilgiflossie_Post_#1 wrote:

But I cannot access my outlook files from the external drive because I only have express on the PC.
Do I have any options other than buying outlook?

Outlook stores files in a different format to Outlook Express.

PST files for MS Outlook

DBX files for Outlook Express


:eek:

kat21

found this too and its free
Messages from other e-mail programs. Including Netscape and Eudora. You can also import messages from many Microsoft products, such as Outlook or older versions of Outlook Express
Import Messages from Other E-Mail Programs
Using the Outlook Express Import Wizard, you can easily import e-mail messages from a variety of popular Internet e-mail programs, such as Netscape Communicator and Eudora, as well as from Exchange Server and Outlook.

1.
On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.

2.
Select the e-mail program you want to import messages from, and then click Next.

3.
Verify the location of your messages, and then click Next.

4.
Choose All folders to import all the messages, and then click Next. You can also choose Selected Folders to import messages from one or more folders.

5.
Click Finish.

Note: If you are unsure which e-mail program and version you want to import messages from, start the e-mail program. On the Help menu, select About and check the information for program and version
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/oe/importing.mspx#EVD

kat21 sorry about any confusion appologies to all concerned

MonkeySaving?

kat21 wrote:

found this too and its free

2.
Select the e-mail program you want to import messages from, and then click Next.


You need the "alternate" program to be able to this....i.e they would need Outlook installed to import into OE. You cannot just "import" from a PST.

gipsymilgiflossie

Thanks for your hard work everyone. Tried using last suggestion from Kat 21 posted 10;25pm - got to stage 2, selected outlook, pressed next and received message " messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client. An error has occured ". Any ideas?

MonkeySaving?

gipsymilgiflossie wrote:

Thanks for your hard work everyone. Tried using last suggestion from Kat 21 posted 10;25pm - got to stage 2, selected outlook, pressed next and received message " messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client. An error has occured ". Any ideas?

See my post above, you need Outlook installed to be able to do that :beer: