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Ok I need help-- computer is dying fast and after 2 years I need to format and start over.  How the hell do I save my Outlook inbox without losing the received dates? (Exporting loses this)

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:37 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>Ok I need help-- computer is dying fast and after 2 years I need to format and start over. How the hell do I save my Outlook inbox without losing the received dates? (Exporting loses this)</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:37 pm
by Sephy
<div style='font: 12pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Search for the *.ibx files. Back those up. That should do it</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:47 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>...there are no .ibx files on my PC :P</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:16 pm
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>thought it was *.mbx ?</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:19 pm
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Actually, I meant .dbx :)</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:50 pm
by Sephy
<div style='font: 12pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Thats what it is, heh. Whoops</div>

PostPosted:Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:50 pm
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Just pick a letter, we'll get it eventually!</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:59 am
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>hehe I found them now-- they're in an Outlook Express folder though and I've been using Outlook for a year or so...does that matter?</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:02 am
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>Oh, and what about all my accounts? Will that be saved in here too or should I just write all the info down and recreate later?</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:05 am
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Save the info and re-enter it in later</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:12 am
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2 ... up.aspx</a>

Outlook? well, then thats different...</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:12 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>oooo VERY helpful-- better than I could have hoped for</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:48 pm
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>Google is your friend</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:28 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I would have had to actually think such an program existed if I were to search for it ;)</div>

PostPosted:Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:17 pm
by Shellie
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I didnt know it existed either, all I did was search for "backup outlook" and that was the first link :)</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jun 26, 2003 2:37 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I've held my tongue this long... Tessian always rides people about being incompentent with technology. See, ignorance does not indicate lack of intelligence - everyone has to learn sometime.</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jun 26, 2003 6:01 am
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>how does me not knowing a little program like this existed make me incompetent with technology?</div>

PostPosted:Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:07 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>It doesn't - and the people you make fun of aren't incompetent with technology either. They just don't yet understand a few key concepts.</div>