How to Recover Mail and Other AOL Data from a "Saved on My PC" Backup

So you want to recover AOL email from a backup copy of your Saved on My PC files after your Computer crashed?


To recover mail and other AOL data from a Saved on My PC backup:

  1. Sign on to AOL with your screen name at least once. Make sure AOL is not currently running.
  2. Search your computer for a file called "(your AOL screen name).abi".
  3. If your screen name is "myscreenname", for example, search for a file called "andrewlepper.abi". You should find it in a folder called organize.A typical location is "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AOL\C_America Online 9.0\organize". You can go to this folder directly, too.
  4. Go up one directory, to the C_America Online 9.0 folder. For other versions of AOL, the folder name may be different. In any case, go up one directory from the organize folder.
  5. Rename the organize folder "organize.org".
  6. Go up another directory.
  7. Open the folder containing the backup copy of your old organize folder in a new Explorer window.
  8. Highlight the backup organize folder. Press Ctrl-C or right-click then Copy.
  9. Switch to the AOL folder window.
  10. Highlight C-America Online 9.0 or whatever the folder containing the organize.save folder is called on your system.
  11. Press Ctrl-V or right-click then Paste.
  12. Sign on to AOL. Now, if everything is back in place, delete the organize.org folder.
 

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0 #1 Tonny 2010-01-13 10:47
Thanks a lot. This was rather helpful when my AOL crashed.
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0 #2 judy merry 2010-03-01 12:07
Does this restore wipe out any recently received Mail?
http://www.kontech.net/how-to-restore-aol-email-from-backup.html
I have been using aol since the back up..
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