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Old 16-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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Default Outlook Express - Randomly lost all emails.

Well, I was in the middle of Outlook's routine folder compacting ("To save diskspace, outlook can compact messages, this may take a few moments" etc etc), and the computer decides to lose all power and basically die.

So after the restart, I went into my inbox and I have lost 200 odd emails that I need to get back.

Any ideas how they can be retrieved, or wtf happened? Could a system restore retreive them/fix the problem?

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Old 16-11-2008, 07:17 PM
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ouch.. check if outlook moved it into an archive pst file
usually: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
If there is one there add the data file into your Outlook
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Old 16-11-2008, 07:21 PM
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Managed to find a bak/dbx file in there. Is there any way of extracting the messages out of it using a reader for that filetype?
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The .bak is the backup of all the emails.

Just rename the .bak to .dbx and vola there all back again.

there is probably a inbox.bak and a inbox.dbx.

Cut the inbox.dbx out of the folder and rename the inbox.bak to .dbx
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Old 17-11-2008, 11:06 AM
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No luck with any of the above.

Anyone?

Is there a .bak file explorer of any kind? Can't find anything descent on the net.
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Then once you've sorted your shit out stop using crap software and get THUNDERBIRD

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

express is the worst email client ever made.


next you'll tell us your using internet explorer :P

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Try this mate:

http://forums.techguy.org/web-email/...er-having.html
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