Recovering e-mails

Hello All,

A colleague has accidentally formatted my hard drive. In
so doing he has lost Outlook Express and my many e-mails
from around the world from people who are awaiting
replies, some of which are urgent. Probably othere are
mounting up in my inbox.I am a computer "newbie" and
should be gratefulif somebody could tell me in the
simplest of layman's language how to recover Outlook
Express and my e-mails.

Yours sincerely

Raymond Storey

E-mail address:

To reinstall IE6 and OE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

Method 2 says it's for XP, but it works for all Window operating
systems except W95.

If the e-mail is still there, this tool will get it:

DBXtract: {Cost: $5.00}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

Help for DBXtract:
www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

For future reference:

Do not archive mail on 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.

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

FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar).
FileFolderCompact all folders.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background
and leave it unchecked.

And backup your OE regularly so you won't have to go through this
again.

Freebie backup tool:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Raymond Storey" wrote in
message ...
Hello All,

A colleague has accidentally formatted my hard drive. In
so doing he has lost Outlook Express and my many e-mails
from around the world from people who are awaiting
replies, some of which are urgent. Probably othere are
mounting up in my inbox.I am a computer "newbie" and
should be gratefulif somebody could tell me in the
simplest of layman's language how to recover Outlook
Express and my e-mails.

Yours sincerely

Raymond Storey

E-mail address:

By the way. Are you sure OE is gone? Have you actually looked for the
files?

ToolsOptionsMaintenanceStore folder will reveal the location
of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the
folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will
put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files.
Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows
Explorer.

In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under StartControl PanelFolder
OptionsView.

If the files are there and the KB sizes indicate there is messages in
them, maybe you only lost access, not OE itself.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
To reinstall IE6 and OE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

Method 2 says it's for XP, but it works for all Window operating
systems except W95.

If the e-mail is still there, this tool will get it:

DBXtract: {Cost: $5.00}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

Help for DBXtract:
www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

For future reference:

Do not archive mail on 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.

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

FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status
Bar).
FileFolderCompact all folders.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background
and leave it unchecked.

And backup your OE regularly so you won't have to go through this
again.

Freebie backup tool:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Raymond Storey" wrote in
message ...
Hello All,

A colleague has accidentally formatted my hard drive. In
so doing he has lost Outlook Express and my many e-mails
from around the world from people who are awaiting
replies, some of which are urgent. Probably othere are
mounting up in my inbox.I am a computer "newbie" and
should be gratefulif somebody could tell me in the
simplest of layman's language how to recover Outlook
Express and my e-mails.

Yours sincerely

Raymond Storey

E-mail address: