Recover OE6 emails after crash
Managed to recover documents using a WXp hdd as master and the crashed W98 hdd as slave. But where are the emails hidden? I can see the D: drive contents clearly but there is no folder marked outlook express or anything like that.
Does anyone know where these files are hidden or are they lost forever? Thanks
Outlook messages are saved in the form of .dbx files, so make a search on ur D: drive for *dbx files, and u will find all these *dbx files in a particular folder on D: drive somewhere,,,,, copy the whole folder and paste it to a safe place, so that u will be able to import these mails after recovering ur crashed hard drive,,,,,, for more inforamtion check these links carefully,,,,,,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q270670
http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/outlook-express-backup-messages.htm
!! GOOD LUCK !!
You say the entire OE application no longer exists?
Yes the problem is the hard drive is not accessible. So cant enter OE to do anything or even search for .dbx files because Windows is gone. Using the File Recovery freeware all Ive got is a tree of the corrupt drive which shows things like My documents and Desktop. Thats how I got my documents back but cant see anyway to a folder with OE files in it.
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