Restore Addresses & Mail Messages

This page will show you one method of reinstalling your Address Book and your saved email messages that you have backed up using the backup procedures described here.

Also, you can restore your email settings and any messages rules that you may have setup.

This page uses a lot of images to show this, so it may be slow opening if you are using a dial-up Internet connection.

Reinstall Address Book

Should you ever need to install your back up copy of your address book, the process is basically the reverse of the export procedure shown above.

To import your backup file, use the Outlook Express "Import" tool.

Use the "Other Address Book" filter.

Use the import .csv filter.

I suggest you accept the default address book format.

To import the messages, that were saved using the procedures described here.

1. Click on the File menu.

2. Then click on the Import command.

3. Then choose: Messages

4. Then click: Microsoft Outlook Express 6

5. Click: Next

6. Select "Import mail from an OE6 store directory".

7. Click: OK

8. Navigate with the "Browse" button to your save location on your backup media.

In this example, the saved location is on the K:\ drive

Your save location will probably be different.

9. Select the mail folders that you wish to import.

10. Click Next

I know this looks complicated, but it really is not hard. There are just a lot of steps to follow.

If you copy the data (the O. E. store folder) over to your backup media you can forget about importing the data back into O. E. Should you need to restore everything, you can come back to this page and read about the restore process.