How can I find my email location?

I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now need to
format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I am
unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the location
and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat to copy
the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if possible,
because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!

Anyone now what to do?

Thanks,

Eric

same as you used to do under XP.
WM - Tools - Advanced tab - Maintenance - Store folder.

be advised it is not always easy to backup/restore WM data.
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
for help in backup/restore


mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com

"EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A345E6F-831D-4521-A841-ADD5A2436449@microsoft.com...
I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now need to
format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I am
unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the location
and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat to copy
the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if possible,
because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!

Anyone now what to do?

Thanks,

Eric

Thanks for your advice! I"ll look at your suggested site for the advice! I
will let you know how it will work out!

Eric

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> same as you used to do under XP.
> WM - Tools - Advanced tab - Maintenance - Store folder.
>
> be advised it is not always easy to backup/restore WM data.
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
> for help in backup/restore
>
>
> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>
> "EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A345E6F-831D-4521-A841-ADD5A2436449@microsoft.com...
> I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
> Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now need to
> format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
> location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I am
> unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the location
> and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat to copy
> the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if possible,
> because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!
>
> Anyone now what to do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric

I looked at the site http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ but I couldn't find
help for Windows Mail. Only tips and tricks for Outlook Express! Can you
please give me the right directions?

Thanks for your help so far!!

Eric

"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> same as you used to do under XP.
> WM - Tools - Advanced tab - Maintenance - Store folder.
>
> be advised it is not always easy to backup/restore WM data.
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
> for help in backup/restore
>
>
> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>
> "EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A345E6F-831D-4521-A841-ADD5A2436449@microsoft.com...
> I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
> Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now need to
> format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
> location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I am
> unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the location
> and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat to copy
> the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if possible,
> because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!
>
> Anyone now what to do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric

That is just for OE. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm

That has it for OE and WinMail.

steve

"EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0595F2F-4296-4F6E-A7C0-A5844F181CAB@microsoft.com...
>I looked at the site http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ but I couldn't find
> help for Windows Mail. Only tips and tricks for Outlook Express! Can you
> please give me the right directions?
>
> Thanks for your help so far!!
>
> Eric
>
> "mikeyhsd" wrote:
>
>> same as you used to do under XP.
>> WM - Tools - Advanced tab - Maintenance - Store folder.
>>
>> be advised it is not always easy to backup/restore WM data.
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
>> for help in backup/restore
>>
>>
>> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
>>
>> "EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6A345E6F-831D-4521-A841-ADD5A2436449@microsoft.com...
>> I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
>> Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now
>> need to
>> format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
>> location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I
>> am
>> unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the
>> location
>> and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat
>> to copy
>> the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if
>> possible,
>> because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!
>>
>> Anyone now what to do?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eric

Thanks!! I will try this one and let you know if I can do it!!

Eric

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> That is just for OE. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm
>
> That has it for OE and WinMail.
>
> steve
>
> "EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E0595F2F-4296-4F6E-A7C0-A5844F181CAB@microsoft.com...
> >I looked at the site http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ but I couldn't find
> > help for Windows Mail. Only tips and tricks for Outlook Express! Can you
> > please give me the right directions?
> >
> > Thanks for your help so far!!
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > "mikeyhsd" wrote:
> >
> >> same as you used to do under XP.
> >> WM - Tools - Advanced tab - Maintenance - Store folder.
> >>
> >> be advised it is not always easy to backup/restore WM data.
> >> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
> >> for help in backup/restore
> >>
> >>
> >> mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com
> >>
> >> "EricNL" <EricNL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6A345E6F-831D-4521-A841-ADD5A2436449@microsoft.com...
> >> I recently upgraded from XP Home to Vista Home Premium and importing my
> >> Outlook Express mail went smoothly. Due to a hardware problem I now
> >> need to
> >> format my hdd and install Vista again. Under XP it was easy to find the
> >> location where my email (.dbx) was saved but with Vista/ Windows Mail I
> >> am
> >> unable to find the location where it is saved.! I rather find the
> >> location
> >> and copy the files to another hdd and after re-installing Vista I wat
> >> to copy
> >> the files into Windows Mail again. I want to do it this way, if
> >> possible,
> >> because I always had problems with Windows Back-up!
> >>
> >> Anyone now what to do?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Eric
>