Booting an external hard drive

[saferguson]

My laptop encountered electrical problems, but I was able to remove the hard drive before it crashed. I can now access the hard drive from another laptop through an adaptor. However, I can't access the email that is on it. Is there a way to do this?

Many thanks

[squall_01]

Heres a few things you can try, transfer your info over.  Remove the drive inside the pc.

[patio]

Your post is unclear on which drive you are trying to access as you mention both a laptop and an external drive...
Please clarify and provide more details on how you are "connecting" it.

[saferguson]

I am trying to access the email information on the external hard drive. I can access most of the files by using a USB adaptor with another laptop (not mine to remove the drive from unfortunately!). However, when I try to access Outlook Express it prompts for information to create a new account and doesn't seem to have any of my past email stuff there. Is there a way to get that info? I thought perhaps there was a way to boot up the external drive.

[quaxo]

You need to locate the WAB (Windows Address Book) file to recover your contacts, it's default location is:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\USERNAME.wab

A tool for extracting e-mails and attachments from the DBX files can be found here:
http://macallan.club.fr/index.htm

Default location of the files is:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Your information will not appear in Outlook Express on the other computer until it is properly imported into it.

[saferguson]

quaxo

Your posting has been a great help.
Many thanks