Did other data on your PC survive the reinstall, such as word processing
documents, spreadsheets, etc.?

If so, then the reinstall did not do a format, and your OE data should
still be there, it's just that OE is not looking at it.

You can use Start, Search, Files or Folders, *.dbx to find them. On XP
you need to use the advanced options to find Hidden or System files.
Once you locate the DBX files, you can import them.
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"sat" wrote in message
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I had a system crash and had to reinstall Windows XP. Unfortunately all
my messages were lost in the process.
Is there anyway I can retrieve the old messages from the Outlook
Express server?

Thanks