Solve : need to retrieve outlook express from fried computer?

1.	Solve : need to retrieve outlook express from fried computer?
Answer» Our computer died on us the other day. We are told it is a fried unavailable, outdated component. Thing is, we really need the information on the hard drive, specifically outlook express. I don't know a whole lot about COMPUTERS, but I do know that we were running microsoft xp and it was an Aopen tower. Is there a way to access outlook express from another computer and retrieve the info that way or can someone suggest something else. I have some very important and personal messages that I don't want to loose forever take the hard drive out and connect it to another computerwill it connect to any computer, or does it have to be similar? We have the tower before we PURCHASED that one still. It is a Dell. it depends if the hard drive is sata or ide open up your freid pc is the hard drive connected by this? or this I'm not sure. The old computer is still in the shop, I pick it up tomorrow. I just wanted to have some fire power when I WENT into pick it up. So give me both senarios on the plugs. I found some info on the Dell tower and it has IDE drives and controllers. Quote from: computeruler on July 23, 2008, 02:07:23 PM take the hard drive out and connect it to another computer I'd install that hard drive as a slave drive in another computer, not the master drive. In other words, don't put it in another computer as the boot drive. You want to get your OE files, if possible, not use the drive to boot a different computer. So, connect it to another computer as a slave drive and then search for .dbx files, the file format for OE messages. If you locate them, try using OE's import command to import them if that's the computer you'll henceforth be using for email. If import does not work, try copying the .dbx files a folder on the main hard drive. Then, start OE, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance, click the Store Folder button, click Change, and change the Store folder to the folder containing the .dbx messages. Close OE and re-open it and see whether it recognizes your old OE messages. by making it a slave, I am assuming I would be able to access all files on it, it that correct? Quote from: gaylynn on July 23, 2008, 03:44:07 PM by making it a slave, I am assuming I would be able to access all files on it, it that correct? That's the idea.You all have no idea how much I appreciate your suggestions. I am checking with the repair shop and suggesting this right now! Let's hope they are as savvy as you! Why didn't they suggest this to begin with! To try to sell us another computer I suppose! I'll let you know what happens. Thank you again.By no means ALLOW them to attempt a Recovery on that machine as it will revert the machine back to Day One status as you bought it and ALL your data will be gone... Make sure to call them and tell them this is NOT what you want.

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Our computer died on us the other day. We are told it is a fried unavailable, outdated component. Thing is, we really need the information on the hard drive, specifically outlook express. I don't know a whole lot about COMPUTERS, but I do know that we were running microsoft xp and it was an Aopen tower. Is there a way to access outlook express from another computer and retrieve the info that way or can someone suggest something else. I have some very important and personal messages that I don't want to loose forever take the hard drive out and connect it to another computerwill it connect to any computer, or does it have to be similar? We have the tower before we PURCHASED that one still. It is a Dell. it depends if the hard drive is sata or ide open up your freid pc is the hard drive connected by this?
or this I'm not sure. The old computer is still in the shop, I pick it up tomorrow. I just wanted to have some fire power when I WENT into pick it up. So give me both senarios on the plugs. I found some info on the Dell tower and it has IDE drives and controllers. Quote from: computeruler on July 23, 2008, 02:07:23 PM

take the hard drive out and connect it to another computer

I'd install that hard drive as a slave drive in another computer, not the master drive. In other words, don't put it in another computer as the boot drive. You want to get your OE files, if possible, not use the drive to boot a different computer.

So, connect it to another computer as a slave drive and then search for .dbx files, the file format for OE messages. If you locate them, try using OE's import command to import them if that's the computer you'll henceforth be using for email. If import does not work, try copying the .dbx files a folder on the main hard drive. Then, start OE, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance, click the Store Folder button, click Change, and change the Store folder to the folder containing the .dbx messages. Close OE and re-open it and see whether it recognizes your old OE messages. by making it a slave, I am assuming I would be able to access all files on it, it that correct? Quote from: gaylynn on July 23, 2008, 03:44:07 PM

by making it a slave, I am assuming I would be able to access all files on it, it that correct?

That's the idea.You all have no idea how much I appreciate your suggestions. I am checking with the repair shop and suggesting this right now! Let's hope they are as savvy as you! Why didn't they suggest this to begin with! To try to sell us another computer I suppose! I'll let you know what happens.
Thank you again.By no means ALLOW them to attempt a Recovery on that machine as it will revert the machine back to Day One status as you bought it and ALL your data will be gone...
Make sure to call them and tell them this is NOT what you want.

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