Restoring e-mail from Vista backup

Brink,

Thanks for the reply. I have reviewed the restore-backup tutorials link you
provided. I'm still a bit confused. I don't want to lose all of my current
files by restoring the old backup totally.

Do I have to restore the entire backup - perhaps to a new location on my
hard disc (if it is big enough). Can I somehow just restore the backup
emails? How do I locate where in the backup files the e-mail files are
located?

Or, do I just create a new backup of my current configuration - restore
everything to go back to the old files - and then when I am done - restore
again from my just made backup?

Obviously, I am still confused -- and I don't want to just start trying
things for fear I will overwrite my current files and lose them.

Thanks.


gary
"Brink" <guest RemoveThis @unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hello Gary,
>
> You cannot restore just one file from that file type, instead you will
> need to restore all of the email backup file type and just delete the
> ones you do not want afterwards.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/100253-restore-backup-files.html
>
>
> This tutorial will show you another email message backup and restore
> option you might consider. It will give you a lot more flexibility on
> what you want restored.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/90298-windows-mail-messages.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> Gary;836934 Wrote:
>> Last Fall, I made a backup of all my data and e-mail files using the
>> Vista
>> Backup & Restore Center. I backed this up on an external hard drive.
>>
>> Subsequently, I deleted all of that "old" e-mail from my active hard
>> drive.
>>
>> I now want to be able to find an old e-mail that was on that backup. I
>> have
>> reconnected my external drive. I find the backup files there - but how
>> do I
>> just get to the e-mail files so that I can view them - and find the
>> e-mail I
>> want to retrieve?
>>
>>
>> gary
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
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Hi Gary,

You should not lose any of your current messages while restoring only
the "Backup Files" email file types. As a safety precaution, you should
backup your current messages using the export method in the tutorial
just in case something goes wrong.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Gary C.;837041 Wrote:
> Brink,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I have reviewed the restore-backup tutorials link
> you
> provided. I'm still a bit confused. I don't want to lose all of my
> current
> files by restoring the old backup totally.
>
> Do I have to restore the entire backup - perhaps to a new location on
> my
> hard disc (if it is big enough). Can I somehow just restore the backup
> emails? How do I locate where in the backup files the e-mail files are
> located?
>
> Or, do I just create a new backup of my current configuration - restore
> everything to go back to the old files - and then when I am done -
> restore
> again from my just made backup?
>
> Obviously, I am still confused -- and I don't want to just start trying
> things for fear I will overwrite my current files and lose them.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> gary
> "Brink" <guest RemoveThis @xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:927a220df29de267bdd13bed045884e8@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Gary,
> > >
> > > You cannot restore just one file from that file type, instead you
> > will
> > > need to restore all of the email backup file type and just delete the
> > > ones you do not want afterwards.
> > >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/100253-restore-backup-files.html
> > >
> > >
> > > This tutorial will show you another email message backup and restore
> > > option you might consider. It will give you a lot more flexibility on
> > > what you want restored.
> > >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/90298-windows-mail-messages.html
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > > Gary;836934 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> Last Fall, I made a backup of all my data and e-mail files using the
> > > >> Vista
> > > >> Backup & Restore Center. I backed this up on an external hard drive.
> > > >>
> > > >> Subsequently, I deleted all of that "old" e-mail from my active hard
> > > >> drive.
> > > >>
> > > >> I now want to be able to find an old e-mail that was on that backup.
> > > I
> > > >> have
> > > >> reconnected my external drive. I find the backup files there - but
> > > how
> > > >> do I
> > > >> just get to the e-mail files so that I can view them - and find the
> > > >> e-mail I
> > > >> want to retrieve?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> gary> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brink
> > >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> > > them.*
> > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > >


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