[ubuntu-uk] WinXP to Ubuntu upgrade

[Liam Proven]

On 23 June 2010 15:07, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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/

That's Outlook, not Outlook Express. Totally different program, no relation.


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