All that should be necessary is to copy the backup of "Entourage 2008 Identities" folder to replace the one created on the new drive. Safer to do that than trying to copy just the database file.
If you have done that and Entourage won't open the identity, then then backup copy must have been corrupted. On 5/6/09, Adam Boettiger <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a co-worker who took his laptop to his agency IS dept (who > doesn't really support Macs). IS backed up his data to an external > drive and wiped the drive and did a clean reinstall of OS X. > > So the old Entourage 2008 database file is on his external drive now. > It was NOT exported properly using the archive process, but was simply > copied to the external drive as a file. > > All documentation I am seeing says that one cannot import a 2008 > database to Entourage 2008. It has to be an older archive file to > import. In this instance all we're trying to do is recover his email. > > I've tried overwriting the new database file with the old one from the > external hard drive and when I do that Entourage won't open the > identity. > > Any ideas? > > I realize that if it were an MBX file or an RGE file I would not have > this problem, but I don't have the luxury of working with that due to > the data not being properly exported in the first place. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > -- > Adam Boettiger, Digital Strategist > > Mobile: 503.989.2668 Email: [email protected] > Consulting: http://www.adamboettiger.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/AdamBoettiger > Portland, Oregon > YouTalk mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected] > YouTalk mailing list List address: [email protected] List information: http://entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected]
