Live Mail Import

[OldGuy]

So my new PC is up partially. i.e. most apps installed.
Finally got WL Mail 2012 installed.
So now the really hard part.
In WLM I had storage folders where I dragged important incoming and
sent mail into for "archiving".
Then I would make a backup to an external USB drive.
So far so good.
However, the most recent backup I found is kinda old but I am
installing that anyway.

The question:
My crashed C: drive is pretty much readable as I have seen what looks
like a good file structure looking at it with Linux Mint and Macrium
(PE) boot. I also have an adapter for HDD to USB that I will try out
later.

1) I probably cannot make the WLM 2012 on the "crashed" drive run or
can I? Then I can export the latest.

2) Where can I find importable files for WLM 2012 on the "crashed" HD?
Are they such that I can gather them and do an import into the new PC
WLM 2012 installation?

Any suggestions for recovery would be great.
I am not worried about mail since that will be downloaded from the mail
servers but I would like to get the WLM locally "archived" stuff.

 

[...winston‫]

So my new PC is up partially. i.e. most apps installed.
Finally got WL Mail 2012 installed.
So now the really hard part.
In WLM I had storage folders where I dragged important incoming and sent
mail into for "archiving".
Then I would make a backup to an external USB drive.
So far so good.
However, the most recent backup I found is kinda old but I am installing
that anyway.

The question:
My crashed C: drive is pretty much readable as I have seen what looks
like a good file structure looking at it with Linux Mint and Macrium
(PE) boot. I also have an adapter for HDD to USB that I will try out
later.

1) I probably cannot make the WLM 2012 on the "crashed" drive run or can
I? Then I can export the latest.

2) Where can I find importable files for WLM 2012 on the "crashed" HD?
Are they such that I can gather them and do an import into the new PC
WLM 2012 installation?

Any suggestions for recovery would be great.
I am not worried about mail since that will be downloaded from the mail
servers but I would like to get the WLM locally "archived" stuff.

The path name for Windows Live Mail entire message store is
C:\Users\<your windows logon name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail

Data availability:
1. If accessible on the old hard drive copy the entire Windows Mail
folder to a another device (portable usb drive, connected external
drive, etc. Do not use a cd or dvd since the media needs to write-capable)
or
2. If one has a manual backup made of the message store (above path)
using WLM's export option the files would have been exported to a
necessary blank folder with a name created at the time of export. That
export would have created a file structure for the chosen export
contents and saved wherever the user chose (usb drive, other hard drive,
external drive, etc)
or
3. One copied the files by drag and drop to another device (usb
portable, hard drive, external hard drive) then the files would be
copied as *.eml files

Recover data:
For (1) or (2) use WLM's import option and point to the root location of
the folder containing all the data. If backed-up or exported properly
WLM will provide the option to import 'All' data or 'Selective' data.
If choosing the latter ensure you select the name of the folder and
using the Control key the subfolders.
- any import using the above will import the data into WLM's Storage
folders under a folder named Imported Folders with data in subfolders
corresponding to the same location they existing in the original WLM store.
For (3) Drag the messages back into the Storage folders or Storage
folders/subfolders

Note: When importing a large volume of messages or dragging and dropping
a large volume it is necessary to realize that WLM has to do a few
things before the process is complete - copy the data, and re-index the
data. Do not interrupt the process (it may appear to be doing nothing
when everything is happening under-the-hood). Do not close WLM.
Interrupting or closing WLM may corrupt the data and the existing index
file.

The WLM import/export function in WLM12 is accessed via the Ribbon by
clicking the blue button (upper left) and selecting the 'Import option,
then choosing the 'Windows Live Mail' item (optionally one can press
Alt F I)