Saving email to transfer to 'clean' computer

monty100

Hi there

I am in the process of backing up all my data to an external hard drive so that I can wipe the computer back to factory settings (and hopefully regain some performance!).

I have found the Outlook Express folder which has all my correspondence in it and saved it to the hard drive, but is this enough? Will I be able to easily restore the inbox etc back to Outlook Express once I have reset the computer? Will I use the 'import' facility?

When I tried to open my Inbox folder on the EHD (to check that all the info has been saved) it said it couldn't open without finding a new program. I have quite a few very important emails that I don't want to lose, so I need to be totally sure I can get them all back somehow.

Thanks for any help.

Alias_Omega

are the emails not saved onto the mail server, as per hotmail etc.

other option is to email them to yourself, then dont open / download them.

could create a duplicate mail account for this

Browntoa

this will do it , minus the passwords

http://www.outlook-express-backup.com/

fully working 30 day trial