Help Needed

rexer · 12-18-2005, 01:51 PM

Hello, I sure hope someone can help me with this. I'm running Windows 98 and am due to reformat my harddrive (need to get rid of all those little bugs). I have everything backed up except I'm stuck on how I can save some of the e-mails I have in Outlook Express. I would like to put some of them back into folders in O.E. after the reformat. I'm not sure about exporting to a file, I did not understand that stuff when I tried it.

Any help would be greatly appretiated........I want to get this behind me!

[-0MEGA-] · 12-18-2005, 01:52 PM

What e-mail service do you have? most of them allow you to store e-mails on their servers.

Computer Genius · 12-18-2005, 02:02 PM

Also roughly how many E-mails do you have?

rexer · 12-18-2005, 04:23 PM

My e-mail service is my ISP, Iowatelecom, I have about 50 message I need (really what) to save.

Computer Genius · 12-18-2005, 04:28 PM

Ok, You can eith put them on a floppy or CD. You will have to do each one manually. highlight each one. Go to File>Save As>Save to D Drive or a Drive.

Hope this helps.

[-0MEGA-] · 12-18-2005, 04:30 PM

Im not firmiliar with your ISP, but i would go to that website and login the mail server (if there is one), and see if you can move the files from your computer to their server.

or you can do what Computer_genius said and back it up to a removable disc.

12-18-2005, 01:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
rexer New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2	Help Needed - Saving emails before I reformat. Hello, I sure hope someone can help me with this. I'm running Windows 98 and am due to reformat my harddrive (need to get rid of all those little bugs). I have everything backed up except I'm stuck on how I can save some of the e-mails I have in Outlook Express. I would like to put some of them back into folders in O.E. after the reformat. I'm not sure about exporting to a file, I did not understand that stuff when I tried it. Any help would be greatly appretiated........I want to get this behind me!

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[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,389	Im not firmiliar with your ISP, but i would go to that website and login the mail server (if there is one), and see if you can move the files from your computer to their server. or you can do what Computer_genius said and back it up to a removable disc. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

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12-18-2005, 02:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Computer Genius Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 167	Also roughly how many E-mails do you have?

12-18-2005, 04:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
rexer New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2	My e-mail service is my ISP, Iowatelecom, I have about 50 message I need (really what) to save.

12-18-2005, 04:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Computer Genius Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 167	Ok, You can eith put them on a floppy or CD. You will have to do each one manually. highlight each one. Go to File>Save As>Save to D Drive or a Drive. Hope this helps.