"Althaf Khan" wrote in message
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Dear Robear Dyer (PA Bear),

Thanks for your msg.

I am using windows XP pro with SP2.
With Norton Antivirus 2006.

I will explain you in brief, what happens before causing this problem.

While I was closing outlook Express6, it triggered one msg asking compact
outlook msg to free disk space and then I pressed -yes

after that next day when I open OE6, I found all msg in some of the my
folders are disappeared and send items msg were corrupt.

I tried so many ways to get the data back by using recovery software’s,
even
though I didn't succeed.

Did you close Windows before the compacting was finished?

In OE click Help | About. What is the version number of Directdb.dll? If
it's 6.00.2900.2905 you're in luck.

If not, go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and see where OE
is storing its files. Close OE and open Windows Explorer. Click Tools |
Folder Options | View and make sure Show hidden files and folders is
selected. Go to OE's store folder. Are there DBX or DBT files for the
missing folders?

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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