Migrating email files between laptops.....

[J1MBO]

I want to move my email file database from a laptop running windows mail/vista to another running live/windows 7.

Using windows easy transfer I've had some errors with files missing and some others corrupted. I've tried to do this a couple of times but the problem continues to exist.

Is there any other way that the transfer can be done.

[MN190]

If your running outlook you could just copy the .pst file

[J1MBO]

Originally Posted by MN190

If your running outlook you could just just the .pst file

Unfortunately not - windows mail on one and windows live mail on the other

[M9_Nut]

Windows mail uses .eml files iirc

Here is a how to :-

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-messages.html

[J1MBO]

Originally Posted by Ian_Stewart

Windows mail uses .eml files iirc

Here is a how to :-

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-messages.html

I'd not come across that how to whilst I have been searching for a solution, thanks very much Ian for the link.

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by J1MBO

I'd not come across that how to whilst I have been searching for a solution, thanks very much Ian for the link.

Something I recently learned....

In Outlook you can highlight a series or a collection of emails, click copy and then paste them into a folder on your PC. In the new folder they appear as the .msg format. From the folder you may then be able to import them into Mail.