{"id":44,"date":"2017-06-13T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/?p=44"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:54:59","slug":"how-to-convert-dbx-to-pst-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/how-to-convert-dbx-to-pst-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert DBX to PST Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Outlook Express and MS Outlook both email applications are provided by Microsoft. Both the email clients serve as a means of email communication and differ in some of the features like user interface, email arrangement, etc. Outlook Express comes as an inbuilt tool with internet explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the major differences between Outlook Express and MS outlook is their data files. Outlook Express store files in&nbsp;<strong>DBX format<\/strong>&nbsp;and MS Outlook stores file in&nbsp;<strong>PST format<\/strong>. Outlook Express data file extension is like Inbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Drafts.dbx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you want to shift from Outlook Express to MS Outlook then you need to convert DBX files in PST format. You can use DBX to PST converter to change the format of Outlook Express files or manually convert DBX to PST. Converting Outlook Express to MS Outlook is a simple process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.systoolsgroup.com\/order\/checkout.php?PRODS=19959098&amp;QTY=1&amp;AFFILIATE=110194&amp;CART=1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download DBX to PST Converter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.systoolsgroup.com\/order\/checkout.php?PRODS=19959098&amp;QTY=1&amp;AFFILIATE=110194&amp;CART=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/download.png\" alt=\"ost file repair\" class=\"wp-image-18\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we will discuss the free method to convert DBX files to PST. In this method, we will use the Outlook Export\/Import feature to move DBX files to PST. This method will work only if Outlook express is installed in your system. Follow below steps to manually convert DBX to PST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launch&nbsp;<strong>MS Outlook<\/strong>&nbsp;in your system<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to&nbsp;<strong>File<\/strong>&nbsp;Menu&gt;&gt;Open&gt;&gt;<strong>Import tab<\/strong>, click on it.<\/li><li>The Import\/Export box will open.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/export-imap-mails-in-outlook.png\" alt=\"export imap mails in outlook\" class=\"wp-image-720\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select&nbsp;Import Internet Mail and Address from the list of options and click Next<\/li><li>In the Next window select&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Outlook Express<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit;\">&nbsp;and choose options for&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Import mail<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit;\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">import address book<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit;\">&gt;&gt;click Next.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Import Mail will import email messages and import address book will import contacts from your Outlook Express address book.<\/li><li>Now next window will ask you for duplicates whether you want to&nbsp;<strong>replace<\/strong>&nbsp;items&nbsp;<strong>import<\/strong>&nbsp;them or&nbsp;<strong>do not import<\/strong><\/li><li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>Finish <\/strong>The process will start, after successful transmission, the numbers of contacts, emails, messages imported will display.<\/li><li>After that click on&nbsp;<strong>Save in Inbox<\/strong>&nbsp;and finally OK.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use Systools DBX to PST converter to convert Outlook Express Data files (.dbx) in MS Outlook Format (.PST). It is one of the efficient DBX file converter tool. It converts DBX files simultaneously and allows users to convert Windows Address Book (WAB) to the PST file. You can try free DBX to PST converter. It supports MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.systoolsgroup.com\/order\/checkout.php?PRODS=19959098&amp;QTY=1&amp;AFFILIATE=110194&amp;CART=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/download.png\" alt=\"ost file repair\" class=\"wp-image-18\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outlook Express and MS Outlook both email applications are provided by Microsoft. Both the email clients serve as a means of email communication and differ in some of the features like user interface, email arrangement, etc. Outlook Express comes as an inbuilt tool with internet explorer. One of the major differences between Outlook Express and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-email-conversion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7263,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/7263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filerepairtools.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}