OUTLOOK EXPRESS Backup????

Hai Experts,
1. For good working pc: How can i take Backup OutLook Express (inbox mail, outbox mail, sent mail, Address Book and other acounts) and Restore it back?
2. For system is not booting atall: How can i take Backup OutLook Express (inbox mail, outbox mail, sent mail, Address Book and other acounts) and Restore it back after formating and installing os again?

re: OUTLOOK EXPRESS Backup????

outlook express files as stored in -

"C:\Documents and Settings\<User Account Name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\<Profile SID ( Long number )>\Microsoft\Outlook Express"

you can copy this whole folder and then recreate the folders on another PC, locate the folder for the correct identity and overwrite the files in there.

this is a little awkward and it is best to make backup copys of both folders before trying it to avoid any problems

the inbox for example is colled inbox.dbx and if you overwrite this it will just show there files but the problem is that whenever I have done this previously I have had to create each of the inbox folders on the new pc with the correct names and then overwrite the dbx files that are created with the backup ones.

re: OUTLOOK EXPRESS Backup????

I believe that you can also use the import option in outlook express once you have copied the OE folder to the pc soemwhere but have never tried that