[ubuntu-uk] WinXP to Ubuntu upgrade

[Simon Greenwood]

On 23 June 2010 14:56, Andrew Bryant <andrew at 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/


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