Cannot export messages from Outlook Express

[Marke522]

Hi, I'm trying to save a BUNCH of old emails, like maybe 300, and whenever I try to Export my messages, I first recieve a windows saying:

This will export messages from Outlook Express to Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchage.

So I click "OK", then I get another window telling me:

The export could not be performed. An error occured while initializing MAPI.

Who in the world is MAPI and why is he giving me all this troulbe?

Seriously though, I can't figure it out. I exported my addesses without any trouble at all, and I was able to do this the last time I bought a new harddrive and wanted to save my email,but now I'm baffled. Windows XP Home SP 2

Thanks for any ideas, Mark.

[EzyStvy]

Seek out and Copy your .dbx files which are the original source files while OE is shutdown...You can copy them to another machine for example and use the File->Import function to retrive them.

[Marke522]

WOW, found all the .dbx files in C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{68258E68-A32B-426B-98FC-E8E151E111D0}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Was unable to Import them, so I simply copied and pasted the files into the new harddrive.

Now the only thing I lost was the 10 messages I revieced over the last 2 days.

Many thanks!!