# Outlook Express question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/232979>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/232979 "2004-03-07T15:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/232979/1 "2004-03-07T15:38:29Z")

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Hey all.

Just re-installed windows on a brand-spankin’-new hard drive, and still have it on a slave drive. Before the re-install and ‘new mastering’, I coppied out the contents of the mail alias folder in order to save all my mail. Now, well, I’m wondering how the heck I access it from OE? (If it matters, I’m running the most recent version of OE, and Win98SE)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/232979/2 "2004-03-07T15:58:42Z")

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And an addition to above question- I forgot to export my address book. Is there a way to grab that as well? I’ve tried running OE off the slave drive, and it doesn’t seem to recognize that it -has- an address book ☹

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-question/232979/3 "2004-03-07T20:03:39Z")

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Go to **File|Import|Messages** , select **Microsoft Outlook Express 6** , **Import mail from an OE6 store directory** , and browse to the location of your old mail. The procedure is similar for the Address Book; go to **File|Import|Address Book**. Search your old hard drive for \ ***.dbx** and \ ***.wab** if you aren’t sure where they are located.