DBXpress will work in Win98 and higher OSs in which the .NET 1.1 framework
can be installed.

However, the extract from disk feature of DBXpress will only work in Win2000
and "above" OSs.

When a message is shift-deleted as in the original case, the message would
be marked for deletion and remain in the file from which it was
shift-deleted. If a message is physically deleted from a folder, it is
moved to the deleted items folder. If it is then deleted from there, then
it is marked for deletion, and remains in the deleted items folder. If
either folder is then compacted by OE, then the message that is marked for
deletion is removed from the file.

DBXtract and DBXpress both have a "recover mode" option that will find
Shift-Deleted messages in local folders or deleted messages in the deleted
items folder and recovery what they can. However, when OE marks a message
for deletion, it writes over 4 bytes of every 512 byte piece, so the
messages are only partially recoverable, and attachments that span many
segments are not recoverable at all.

cheers,

steve

"Vanguard" wrote in message
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"Martin C" wrote in message
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Unfortunately I have Win98SE, so I suppose it is a lost cause. Would
DBExtract be able to retrieve anything from anywhere?
If an email is deleted, is it stored on the disk as a separate file from
one
of the DBX files? In other words, could I use my undelete software to try
and find it on the drive?

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message...
"Martin C" wrote in message
I recently made a mistake, thinking that an email was junk mail, so
deleted it with the SHIFT DELETE to permanently remove it.
I later found out that this was a mail that I was supposed to have
kept.

As it is obviously not in the Deleted Items folder, is there any way
that I can recover this email?

If you have Win2K or higher, DBXpress (www.oehelp.com) _might_ be able
to
recover it in disk mode.

Items moved into the Deleted Items folder are not actually deleted. They
have simply been moved to a different folder. Shift+Del or deleting from
the Deleted Items folder changes the status of the record to "Deleted".
Delete-marked items are not displayed but they still exist within the
database. Delete-marked items remain until the database is purged of
delete-marked items; i.e., the delete-marked items are physically removed
from the database by a purge function. For OE, purging is performed when
the database gets compacted (either by you or automatically).

If the delete-marked item has not yet been purged from the database, it is
possible to extract that item but you can't use OE because it is hardwired
to hide delete-marked items. I don't know why Frank said you must be
using Windows 2000, or higher, since the web site
(http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx) for the utility says, "The
program runs in Win9x, WinMe, NT, Windows 2000, WindowsXP, and Windows
Server 2003." That's the statement for DBxtract. Frank mentioned
DBxpress (same software author, same site). There is no mention of which
platforms are supported by DBxpress so the inference is that it supports
the same platforms as DBxtract.
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx does mention, "requires that
the .NET Framework version 1.1" but that can be installed on Windows 98,
ME, NT4, 2000, and XP (see
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...isplayLang=en).

I haven't used DBxtract because it would do little good for me as I
frequently compact the dbx files so the delete-marked items would no
longer be physically present in the database when attempting to extract
from there.

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