1. Can I get some specific instructions on how to restore all the contents
of these two folders back into the folders of the same name in OE6.
2. Also if I have 1-2 brand new messages in these folders in OE6 now, do I
need to remove them first?
3. Lastly, will the recent patch for XPSP2 regarding this eliminate this
problem in the future?
The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and bloated
folders. More on that below.
Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact
Why Mail Disappears:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Recovery tools:
If you are using a fully patched version of XP/SP2, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069/en-us
If not:
DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best, (probably only), chance
to recover messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
And see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the future:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
And backup often.
Backup and Restore:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
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"donna" <do...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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No.
You can try this freeware, but it most likely won't work if you are
explaining the problem correctly.
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan
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"donna" <do...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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2. Can you tell from any info in the dbx file in the root folder - size of
file etc. if the program will be more likely to succeed than not?
Thanks.
2: No. As I said, if the problem was due to disruption of the compacting
process, the messages are not in the dbx files anymore. That is why you need
DBXpress because it is the only tool that can bypass the dbx files and read
directly from the hard drive. At this point, the size of the files are
irrelevant.
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"donna" <do...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Im having the exact same problems, tho I lost more then that and we use
it for the business.
I tried one of the freeware programs but it never worked. The program
recommended here, didnt do the job fully for me -- it restored emails &
folders I deleted over 2 years ago. Making it extremley difficult for
me to fish out genuine from non-genuine emails. I tried my best at
sorting it, but it seems to have mainly extracted Sent Items and not my
other emails. Im still in talk with Steve (the author of the program)
to try and fish out my problems. I was also kinda hoping that there was
a way to not restore emails dating back from 2004 -- but it seems from
another discussion on the group I started: Thats not possible. There
still their unless the folders are compacted (ie marked as deletion).
So much for delete being permanent eh?
Just thought id give feedback on how its going for me :)
Regards,
Kevin
Well, now you know that back up is a computer user's best friend. Here's
a good, free back up program for OE:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
Alias
I would of thought that, because I always keep windows up-to-date on my
PC, and downloads are being done when ever Windows update checks (every
day) yet this problem still happened. Im assuming that it didnt come
via Windows Update, and this link was given to me:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069/en-us
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Kevin
No.
See http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ for how to get it and follow the
instructions on the page.
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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]
steve
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Regards,
Kevin
It will answer most of your questions and is available from the default
page where you went to download the program. Please read it and then
post back if you continue to have questions.
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Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
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feedback.
"donna" <do...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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The output is the directory where you want the messages to be extracted to.
Test it first as I indicated in email twice.
steve
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Use input name is recommended to keep the information grouped.
From the Help file: If one checks the option to "Use the Input Filename
as Output Subdirectory", then the output will be to a subdirectory
having the same name as the input file. For instance, if the output path
is "D:\output" and the file being extracted is inbox.dbx, then the
extracted messages can be found in the "d:\output\inbox" directory. In
this case, the program will automatically create the subdirectories
under the output path.
The above suggests that you really did not read the Help file
information.
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MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
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