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    snoopy32 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 3, 2007, 01:41 AM
    Vista Email settings
    I have had to re-install Vista due to motherboard failiure ( Vista would not recover or repair, another topic! ) Before I re-installed I took a backup image of the hard drive.

    How can I recover my emails from the image (where are they?) and get them back in the new Microsoft Mail?

    Regards
    Steve
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    Aug 3, 2007, 03:03 AM
    Install Alcohol 100% or Nero if the image you made is .nrg.

    Insert the DVD or CD, where the image is stored
    Run Disc

    - Click the START button

    - Type "Mail" in the Instant Search area
    - Select "Windows Mail" from the list
    - Click FILE
    - Click IMPORT
    - Select the appropriate item for e.g Windows Contacts
    - You will be prompted to tell Windows which format you are importing e.g Select Windows Address Book File (Outlook Contacts)
    - Click IMPORT
    - Browse to the location of the file you wish you import.
    - Follow any step-by-step instructions given to you from there
    - Repeat the steps for your mail and other data
    - Your data should be in Windows Mail
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    Aug 3, 2007, 05:34 AM
    Thanks Ben, I have the image open in Trueimage as drive M:, I follow what you say until I have to browse to the location of the messages. What extension do I look for and where are they? I have searched every where I can think of.

    Thanks
    Steve
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    Aug 3, 2007, 05:37 AM
    The purpose of an image is to use it to recover the old install in full. Just restore the image.
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    Aug 3, 2007, 06:15 AM
    According to Microsoft the default location for these are

    C:\Documents and Settings\<user'sname>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

    The personal folders are saved in Outlook.pst
    The personal address book is saved in Outlook.pab
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    Aug 3, 2007, 08:10 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottGem
    The purpose of an image is to use it to recover the old install in full. Just restore the image.
    I cannot restore the image as Vista will not boot due to the hardware changes, that's why I need to recover the messages.
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    Aug 3, 2007, 08:15 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by benn11
    According to Microsoft the default location for these are

    C:\Documents and Settings\<user'sname>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

    The personal folders are saved in Outlook.pst
    The personal address book is saved in Outlook.pab

    I do not have Outlook, I am just using Microsoft mail from a default Vista install, there are no pst or pab files anywhere.
    The location you show has a windows mail folder but there are no files that look like the old dbx that outlook express used.
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    Aug 3, 2007, 04:39 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by snoopy32
    I cannot restore the image as Vista will not boot due to the hardware changes, thats why I need to recover the messages.
    What did you use to create the image? Usually you create a boot disk that will restore the image.
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