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April 28th 06, 04:46 AM
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Outlook express compacted files now I cant get them
OK Outlook was asking me to compact files to save space, and I did thinking
that I would be able to get the messages back, but now I cant. Am I screwed or is there a way to restore the messages as needed? 
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April 28th 06, 04:54 AM
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Outlook express compacted files now I cant get them
Compacting in itself does not remove messages.
The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and bloated folders. More on that below. Why Mail Disappears: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone About File Corruption: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery tool: DBXpress run in Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx And see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. And backup often. Backup and Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Pulano" wrote in message ... OK Outlook was asking me to compact files to save space, and I did thinking that I would be able to get the messages back, but now I cant. Am I screwed or is there a way to restore the messages as needed?
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April 28th 06, 05:31 AM
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Outlook express compacted files now I cant get them
how do i now if this is because the files are bloated? some of the files are
quite big "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Compacting in itself does not remove messages. The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and bloated folders. More on that below. Why Mail Disappears: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone About File Corruption: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery tool: DBXpress run in Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx And see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. And backup often. Backup and Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Pulano" wrote in message ... OK Outlook was asking me to compact files to save space, and I did thinking that I would be able to get the messages back, but now I cant. Am I screwed or is there a way to restore the messages as needed?
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April 28th 06, 05:37 AM
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Outlook express compacted files now I cant get them
Are they over 100MB? That's larger than what is recommended.
-- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Pulano" wrote in message ... how do i now if this is because the files are bloated? some of the files are quite big "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Compacting in itself does not remove messages. The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and bloated folders. More on that below. Why Mail Disappears: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone About File Corruption: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery tool: DBXpress run in Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx And see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. And backup often. Backup and Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Pulano" wrote in message ... OK Outlook was asking me to compact files to save space, and I did thinking that I would be able to get the messages back, but now I cant. Am I screwed or is there a way to restore the messages as needed?
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