I had to re-install my operating system (9.01) on my Mac Powerbook. I
had backed up all of the files on my hard drive. I do not have my
emails or addresses in Outlook Express, nor do I have my bookmarks in
IE.

Where are the emails and addresses on my hard drive? Can I restore
them? How? How about IE?

Everything else is fine. I thought I had it, but I didn't. Thanks for
any help.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 04 Sep 2002 18:58 PDT

cb...

To what location did you back up all your files before
re-installing your system? It should be easy to retrieve
the emails, addresses and bookmarks, but it would help
to know the directory structure of the backed-up files
in order to help you locate them.

Hello cb-ga
This might require a few rounds of actions and clarifications.
I assume you have simply re-installed the operating system without a
reformat of the hard disk.
The living place for your Explorer bookmarks should be in the 
> System > Preferences > Explorer folder
(did you do a clean or standard re-install?)
If you have a automatically created 'System backup' folder sitting on
your Macintosh HD your history will be residing in this
> System > Preferences > Explorer folder and you need to transfer it
to your active System folder in the location
> System > Preferences > Explorer folder 
BUT before you replace it, to be double safe make a copy of it to your
desktop by pressing 'alt' (option key) and dragging it at the same
time before you overwrite it.

If you don't have the automatically created backup System folder
residing on your Macintosh HD, look in your own back up files for your
System folder and locate
> System > Preferences > Explorer folder 
and copy it to the same location in the active System folder.

Your Outlook Express emails reside in the
> Outlook Express > Outlook Express > Identities > Main Identity
folder
To be extra safe again make a backup of your Outlook Express folder
that you see on your Macintosh HD to your desktop, then locate your
own back up files and locate the 'Identities' folder and copy it to
the same location on your Macintosh HD.

Let me know how you go, and get back with a clarification if it's
worked or not.
regards
lot-ga

Ah, so. I didn't do a "complete" backup it appears. So, all of that it
gone. Ya know, I'm glad. It was time to start fresh on the bookmarkets
on IE and I know all of my friends emails by heart.

Thanks. (Just remember that we Mac users don't have an ALT key. And
the name of the folders were slightly a bit, but then I'm driving what
appears to be an antique in OS 9.01.) Good job!!