On 23 June 2010 15:07, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 23 June 2010 14:56, Andrew Bryant <and...@brilyant.org> wrote: >> >> A friend has an XP system that no longer boots, and is quite excited at >> the thought of installing Ubuntu. >> >> Ubuntu running from CD-ROM can mount the XP hard drive, and so far as we >> can tell most of the filesystem is OK. >> >> In order to transfer Outlock Express data (both the emails and the >> address list) do we need to get the windows system repaired first, or >> can we copy the relevant folders across and work some magic in Ubuntu? >> >> (The info I've found online about changing from OE to >> Thunderbird/Evolution assumes the XP system is still working.) >> > > You should be able to import the data files into Thunderbird if you can get > them out of the Windows file system. The files should be in drive:\Documents > and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Mail should > be in the .pst file or files and address books in the .pab and .oab files. > s/
That's Outlook, not Outlook Express. Totally different program, no relation. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
