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Minerva's computer is working!
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:10 am
by Minerva
Thank you for everyone who helped me through.
I have run Fdisk, reformat and reinstall the faster new drive, leaving the old one as it were. As the result, I can still access to some files and programs in the old drive from the new Windows screen.
And I've got more question
s...
Where should I copy my old emails?
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:17 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>Thank you for everyone who helped me through.
I have run Fdisk, reformat and reinstall the faster new drive, leaving the old one as it were. As the result, I can still access to some files and programs in the old drive from the new Windows screen.
And I've got more question
s...
Where should I copy my old emails?</STRONG>
Well done
The outlook files are in a directory on your computer just do a find files for inbox.dbx
You should then be able, import them back in
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:24 am
by Minerva
Thank you, Mr Sleep.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:36 am
by Mr Sleep
Might be worth doing a backup of that file as well
What are you doing about your address book?
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:46 am
by Minerva
Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>Might be worth doing a backup of that file as well
What are you doing about your address book?</STRONG>
You should have told me that earlier. I've just overwritten it, and lost 15 emails I got today...
Oh, well, never mind.
What can I do about my address book? Yes, that's my next question.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:53 am
by Xandax
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG><snip>
Where should I copy my old emails?</STRONG>
If you're asking where to find your emails?
That depends a lot on the program you use - my outlook-files is located in a directory:
C:\windows\Local Settings\Programdata\Microsoft\Outlook
Also check the
C:\windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder
my outlook files are called *.pst
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 8:55 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>You should have told me that earlier. I've just overwritten it, and lost 15 emails I got today...
Oh, well, never mind.
What can I do about my address book? Yes, that's my next question.
</STRONG>
Sorry
Have you got a webmail interface with your dial up, they might still be on there (last hop
)
Well i am not sure the only way to get that out AFAIK is to export from outlook then reimport, i will look into it.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:02 am
by Yshania
Congrats Minerva!
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:03 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>You should have told me that earlier. I've just overwritten it, and lost 15 emails I got today...
Oh, well, never mind.
What can I do about my address book? Yes, that's my next question.
</STRONG>
Search for a file called Address Book, or look in Windows/application data
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 5:07 pm
by Minerva
Thank you, guys and Yshania.
I will deal with the address book and emails tomorrow. I'm currently updating 5Mb worth anti-virus program etc (I've lost old updates, so I have to do all over again
). Microsoft also thinks I should download its update, and it will take 2 and half hours...
Still, I have all my saved games for BG1&2, IWD and PS:T alive. I'm sure of that, because I've checked them!
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2001 9:26 pm
by Darkpoet
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>Thank you, guys and Yshania.
I will deal with the address book and emails tomorrow. I'm currently updating 5Mb worth anti-virus program etc (I've lost old updates, so I have to do all over again
). Microsoft also thinks I should download its update, and it will take 2 and half hours...
Still, I have all my saved games for BG1&2, IWD and PS:T alive. I'm sure of that, because I've checked them!
</STRONG>
Humphf, oh sure thank them.
Glad you got everything running, Minerva. Put the MS downloads in, they do help a bit.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 3:02 am
by Minerva
Originally posted by Darkpoet:
<STRONG>Humphf, oh sure thank them.
Glad you got everything running, Minerva. Put the MS downloads in, they do help a bit.
</STRONG>
Thank you, DP.
I didn't realise I cannot include you in the "guys"...
I couldn't download MS last night. I have to get up early, and the other downloads finished around 1.00am...
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 5:37 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>Microsoft also thinks I should download its update, and it will take 2 and half hours...
</STRONG>
I had that with my IE update, the crazy thing was that i had a 2 hr cut off on the dial up i was using, and Microsoft didn't bother to put a resume in their download software
This kind of thing is why we love them so much
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 5:53 am
by KidD01
Congrats Kawaii-chan !
So sory I can't help too much due my limited time