when I changed the name of the .dbx folder.

Only one of the .dbx folders has a number after the name: Health (1).dbx. I
removed the (1) and restarted my computer. I did this when I kept getting an
error message popup box (with no errors listed) after receiving email (which
turns out to have been a problem with the email scanning in my antivirus
program).

Then there were two folders: Health.dbx and Health (1).dbx. I checked my
Outlook Express 6 Inbox and there was a new message in the Health folder, but
none of the old emails. So I deleted the Health (1).dbx folder, and restarted
my computer again. I still don't have the old emails (Yes, I know: I should
have copied the folders before any changes). Is there anyway of retrieving
the old emails, as I haven't used my CCleaner or Windows Disk Scan?

Why does this one folder have a number with it?

Thanks,
Joan