Why didn't old e-mails transfer from old hard drive to new hard drive?

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In 2007, I accessed e-mails thru Outlook Express.  The new equipment I purchased last month does not support Outlook Express. I was told it was obsolete.   I think this is why e-mail saved from 2007 to 2012 did not transfer to new equipment.  I know years later, I began using Firefox as a browser and accessed e-mails from that site.  Firefox did transfer to new equipment.  So all I have is 3 months of 2012 e-mails to present.  Has anyone else had this problem when buying a new computer, i.e. losing old e-mails that wouldn't or didn't transfer?
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yorkiegirl12 wrote:
In 2007, I accessed e-mails thru Outlook Express.  The new equipment I purchased last month does not support Outlook Express.
Outlook Express was most likely configured to save your emails on your local hard drive.  This means that unless you take some action to move them to "the cloud" or your new hard drive, they will remain on your old computer.
When you access your email through a web browser, such as Firefox or Internet explorer, the email stays "in the cloud."  You can access your email from any computer any where with any web browser, as the email remains on the server and is not transferred to your local computer.
Do you still have your old computer with Outlook Express?  What operating system (i.e. Windows XP, Windows 7, ...) is it running?  I and others may be able to help you move your old email.
Good Luck.
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