Diiiiiiiiiiiiii, I need you!

I'm not sure whether you can help hun but basically, I have a new (free) lap top and need help with transferring stuff from my old one.

I have borrowed a detachable hard drive to put all my pics and documents on and Andy is doing all the downloading of software. The problem I have is that I want to be able to save and transfer folders from Outlook Express. I'm gonna delete a load of stuff but there are emails I need/want to keep. I also need to transfer my address book.

Someone did this for me before when I swapped from a desk top computer to a lap top but I know it wasn't an easy task and have no idea how it was done!

Can you help?

JUST SEEN THIS DUDE COS I BEEN ON HOLIDAYS

yes I can help but its really difficult to explain it to you when I cant be there LOL!!!!.... so here are some instructions from Microsoft...

its not the easiest of things to do !!! but if you manage o follow the instructions and get in onto cd/or external drive to transfer then you will be a happy bunny lol

Step 1: Copy message files to a backup folder

Step A: Locate the Store folder1. [/u]

Start Outlook Express.
2. Click Tools, and then click Options.
3. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
4. In the Store Location dialog box, copy the store location. To do this, follow these steps:a. Put the mouse pointer at one end of the box under the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.
b. Press and hold the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer across the Your personal message store is located in the following folder box.
c. Press CTRL+C to copy the location.

5. Click Cancel, and then click Cancel again to close the dialog box.
Step B: Copy the contents of the Store folder1. Click Start, click Run, press CTRL+V, and then click OK.
2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
3. On the Edit menu, click Copy, and then close the window.
Step C: Create a backup folder1. Right-click any empty area on your desktop, click New, and then click Folder.
2. Type Mail Backup for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
Step D: Paste the contents of the Store folder into the backup folder 1. Double-click the Mail Backup folder to open it.
2. Right-click inside the Mail Backup folder window, and then click Paste.

That sounds well complicated!!!

How do I copy the message files to a back up folder?! Where would I locate said folder?!

Aw man, I'm never gonna get my folders over

i realised how it looked... the instructions how to do that are actually underneath, i underlined it to make it easier to read lol

try these instructions too...it has a couple of diagrams to help...

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/outlook-express-backup-messages.htm