Compacting Email On Outlook Express

[gayanwicke]

hi im gayan

i lost my last month emails on outlook express.
what was happened is on that case,
it asks for the mail compaction & i command  it ok
it successfully completed the mail compaction.
when after the compaction i open my mail and there's no my past month emails.

please anybody tell me how to get that my past month emails

thanks

[tommy gusack]

nice name and this might not help but give it a shot : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/support/ie/outlookexpress/win32/faq/default.asp

best of luck,

[WillyW]

nice name and this might not help but give it a shot : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/support/ie/outlookexpress/win32/faq/default.asp

best of luck,

There are ten links on that page.
It would be helpful if you said which one applies in this case.   
Which one are you recommending?

[Broni]

http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstroubles/qt/et_compact_oe.htm

It is important that the process of compacting folders is not interrupted.

If allowed to finish, compacting ensures that your Outlook Express runs smoothly and disk space is not wasted in too excessive a manner.


If the compaction process was interrupted or the Outlook Express message store files get corrupted for another reason, Outlook Express may start to empty folders. Your messages probably are not gone, however.

You can build a safeguard into the Outlook Express compaction process with a patch that backs up all data before compacting. To recover from automatically created backup copies:

    * Make sure Outlook Express is not running.
    * Open the Recycle Bin on your Windows Desktop.
    * Locate the ".bak" files corresponding to the Outlook Express folders you want to recover.
          o The ".bak" file will be named like the folder in Outlook Express.
          o To restore a folder called "Archive", look for "Archive.bak", for example.
    * Click on the ".bak" file with the right mouse button.
    * Select Restore from the menu.
    * Open your Outlook Express store folder in Windows Explorer.
    * Drag and drop the ".dbx" file corresponding to the Outlook Express folder you want to recover to your Desktop.
    * In the Outlook Express store folder, click on the ".bak" file to be recovered with the right mouse button.
    * Select Rename from the menu.
    * Change the ".bak" file extension to ".dbx".
          o If the file was called "Archive.bak", for example, make sure it is named "Archive.dbx" now.
    * Open Outlook Express.
    * If your emails have been recovered, delete the ".dbx" file you moved to the Desktop.

Even if you had not yet installed the patch, message recovery could be easy:

    * Exit Outlook Express.
    * Look in your Windows Recycle Bin for a .dbx file corresponding to the folder from which mail is missing.
    * Restore the .dbx file.
    * Start Outlook Express.

To recover mail from an already corrupted message store, use one of the Outlook Express recovery tools, maybe ScanDBX.

Links to recovery tools at the above link.

[Broni]

http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstroubles/qt/et_compact_oe.htm

It is important that the process of compacting folders is not interrupted.

If allowed to finish, compacting ensures that your Outlook Express runs smoothly and disk space is not wasted in too excessive a manner.


If the compaction process was interrupted or the Outlook Express message store files get corrupted for another reason, Outlook Express may start to empty folders. Your messages probably are not gone, however.

You can build a safeguard into the Outlook Express compaction process with a patch that backs up all data before compacting. To recover from automatically created backup copies:

    * Make sure Outlook Express is not running.
    * Open the Recycle Bin on your Windows Desktop.
    * Locate the ".bak" files corresponding to the Outlook Express folders you want to recover.
          o The ".bak" file will be named like the folder in Outlook Express.
          o To restore a folder called "Archive", look for "Archive.bak", for example.
    * Click on the ".bak" file with the right mouse button.
    * Select Restore from the menu.
    * Open your Outlook Express store folder in Windows Explorer.
    * Drag and drop the ".dbx" file corresponding to the Outlook Express folder you want to recover to your Desktop.
    * In the Outlook Express store folder, click on the ".bak" file to be recovered with the right mouse button.
    * Select Rename from the menu.
    * Change the ".bak" file extension to ".dbx".
          o If the file was called "Archive.bak", for example, make sure it is named "Archive.dbx" now.
    * Open Outlook Express.
    * If your emails have been recovered, delete the ".dbx" file you moved to the Desktop.

Even if you had not yet installed the patch, message recovery could be easy:

    * Exit Outlook Express.
    * Look in your Windows Recycle Bin for a .dbx file corresponding to the folder from which mail is missing.
    * Restore the .dbx file.
    * Start Outlook Express.

To recover mail from an already corrupted message store, use one of the Outlook Express recovery tools, maybe ScanDBX.

Links to recovery tools at the above page.