I needed to reformat my XP computer, so before hand I copied my important documents, pictures, music etc,to a flash drive, I also copied my entire outlook express 6 folder. After reformatting my computer I was able to retrieve all of my pictures, documents, EXCEPT that I have been unable to retrieve my address book and/or messages. My outlook express 6 is working fine, only that I have lost all my contacts and/or messages. I think that they are in my flash drive, but I can't figure out how to "pull' them out,please help.Thanks, Jaime

This article may help:

Restoring Outlook Express folders after reinstalling Windows (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283205/en-us)