Missing email messages

I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE. I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a simple (I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE. I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

Only some of the emails from some of the folders are missing. It appears
random, some are new, some are old. Some new remain, some old remain. I
have found the path to the .DBX files, but do not know how to get those back
as email messages in the folders. Is that clear?
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE. I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

It is clear. They were probably lost due to either folders that were too
large, or failure to compact regularly.

Either of these tools has a decent chance of recovering your messages. In
the future, please heed the advice I gave in my first reply to avoid this
situation.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Good luck.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
Only some of the emails from some of the folders are missing. It appears
random, some are new, some are old. Some new remain, some old remain. I
have found the path to the .DBX files, but do not know how to get those
back
as email messages in the folders. Is that clear?
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet
Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE.
I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a
simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

Thanks for the help. I will download one of the programs this evening. I
will also follow your other advice regarding size and compacting.
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It is clear. They were probably lost due to either folders that were too
large, or failure to compact regularly.

Either of these tools has a decent chance of recovering your messages. In
the future, please heed the advice I gave in my first reply to avoid this
situation.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Good luck.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
Only some of the emails from some of the folders are missing. It appears
random, some are new, some are old. Some new remain, some old remain. I
have found the path to the .DBX files, but do not know how to get those
back
as email messages in the folders. Is that clear?
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet
Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE.
I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a
simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

I downloaded and ran the DBXpress program. It found the .dbx files and I
went through the process. It appears the only files found are the ones that
were not deleted in OE. SO, it appears that the deleted files are probably
gone. Any other suggestions???

Thanks!
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It is clear. They were probably lost due to either folders that were too
large, or failure to compact regularly.

Either of these tools has a decent chance of recovering your messages. In
the future, please heed the advice I gave in my first reply to avoid this
situation.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Good luck.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
Only some of the emails from some of the folders are missing. It appears
random, some are new, some are old. Some new remain, some old remain. I
have found the path to the .DBX files, but do not know how to get those
back
as email messages in the folders. Is that clear?
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet
Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in OE.
I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a
simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I downloaded and ran the DBXpress program. It found the .dbx files and I
went through the process. It appears the only files found are the ones
that
were not deleted in OE. SO, it appears that the deleted files are probably
gone. Any other suggestions???


Run DBXpress in disk mode, not recover mode

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
Please reply in newsgroup.

As Frank said, run DBXpress and select the Drive radio button and the entire
hard drive. Do not check recover mode. Then set an output path to an
existing directory and click on extract. That will analyze the entire hard
drive disk clusters.

If you have problems email me.

steve

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I downloaded and ran the DBXpress program. It found the .dbx files and I
went through the process. It appears the only files found are the ones
that
were not deleted in OE. SO, it appears that the deleted files are probably
gone. Any other suggestions???

Thanks!
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

It is clear. They were probably lost due to either folders that were too
large, or failure to compact regularly.

Either of these tools has a decent chance of recovering your messages. In
the future, please heed the advice I gave in my first reply to avoid this
situation.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Good luck.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
Only some of the emails from some of the folders are missing. It
appears
random, some are new, some are old. Some new remain, some old remain.
I
have found the path to the .DBX files, but do not know how to get those
back
as email messages in the folders. Is that clear?
--
Randy


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You need to post a more specific question. Are folders empty? Are some
messages missing? What folders are messages missing from? etc.

Some general OE advice:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems
such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program
will
continue to protect you sufficiently.

Clear the Temporary Internet Files often. In IE | Tools | Internet
Options |
Delete Files button. And check the box to Delete Offline content.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rgsea" wrote in message
...
I need really simple instructions to restore email into folders in
OE.
I
believe that the .DBX files are still in the computer. What is a
simple
(I
said simple again) to do that?
THANKS!
--
Randy