fredsimon
Truly Yours
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Ardmore, PA
| Windows XP, new install..need old stuff I had my XP go down due to a video problem and ended up installing fresh on a new drive. I have my old drive with the bad Windows still in my mach. It will not boot Windows in any way, but it is still readable. I would like to salvage my IE 6 favorates and my OE Express mail and address book. How might I do this since I can not boot Windows and run export? Thanks.
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steve1a
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff Can the old drive be seen from the new drive?
If so you should be able to use the Import/Export Wizard in the File menu dropdown in IE and direct it to the files on the old Drive that you want to Import to the new IE.
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fredsimon
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Ardmore, PA | Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff That would be fine, but what are the file names and extentions I should have the program look at and where are those file?
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steve1a
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff The others should be in the same area Documents and Settings/Your Name/Application Data/Microsoft
Then:
Address Book
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Outlook Express/Mail
Outlook Express/News
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DSmithLady
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff Thanks steve1a..for adding to the part I didn't know because I don't use those programs. My reason for telling fredsimon about this option is that I have not been able to get the files and transfer wizard to work like I wanted it to, and I usually do better just using 'drag and drop'.
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steve1a
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff I actually haven't tried the Wizard myself... but because of the possible confusion with exactly where in the user(s) files these belong the Import Wizard is probably a good thing.
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fredsimon
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Ardmore, PA | Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff The address book files are .wab, that is good. Does anyone know what the mail and favorates are?
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steve1a
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff This had a learning curve for me too...
I like these questions that make me take a closer look at what the capabilities are of my own system ..;)
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fredsimon
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| Thanks to all who gave ideas. With what I saw, I was able to get it done. I know this has come up for a lot of folks, perhaps there could be a FAQ on this; it is hard to find these files and then work with them also, I would also like to see a FAQ how to back up the reg. in XP. Again, thanks.
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applelover
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| Re: Windows XP, new install..need old stuff said by fredsimon  :
Thanks to all who gave ideas. With what I saw, I was able to get it done. I know this has come up for a lot of folks, perhaps there could be a FAQ on this; it is hard to find these files and then work with them also, I would also like to see a FAQ how to back up the reg. in XP. Again, thanks.
To back up the registry in XP:
Open Regedit
Select My Computer
File->Export
Give the file a name
done.
Be wary that this will create a copy of your entire registry and can be quite large. The last time I did this I got a 48MB registry file.
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