Recover Mail and AOL Data From 'Saved on My PC' Backup

So you want to move your AOL data to a new computer, even when AOL is no longer working on your old one? Or you want to recover from a backup copy of your Saved on My PC files after a hard disk crash?

It's easy. Just by copying a few files, you will be up, running and AOL-ing again.

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

• Log on to AOL with your screen name at least once.
• Make sure AOL is not currently running.
• Search your computer for a file called (your AOL screen name).abi.
  • If your screen name is myscreenname, for example, search for a file called myscreenname.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.
• 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.
• Rename the organize folder organize.save.
• Go up another directory.
• Open the folder containing the backup copy of your old Organize folder in a new Explorer window.
• Highlight the backup Organize folder.
• Press Ctrl+C.
• Switch to the AOL folder window.
• Highlight C-America Online 9.0 or whatever the folder containing the organize.save folder is called on your system.
• Press Ctrl+V.
• Log on to AOL.
• If everything is back in place, and you can now delete the organize.save folder.