How to move your email to My Documents
Moving your email to your My Documents folder will protect your email if you have to re-install Windows.
As the default, your email is stored inside the Windows folder and will be over written if you re-install Windows.
Moving your email is easy, First you need to create a folder in the My Documents folder.
Click on the Start Button, Click on My Documents, Click on (at the left) make a new folder, type outlook and press enter.
Then launch Outlook Express and select Tools > Options > maintenance.
Click on Store Folder, a window will show the current location, click on Change and browse to the folder in My Docoments you created.
Outlook will move your email documents to the new folder.
If you have to re-install Windows, you can launch Outlook Express and change the stored folder to the one you created and all you email will be there.