Excessive crosspost deleted.

See:
"OLEXP: Mail Folders, Address Book, and E-mail Messages Are Missing After
You Upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP":
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313055

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RP wrote:
I recently upgraded from Win98SE to XP-Home Edition. (w/ IE 6 OE 6)

The upgrade went pretty flawlessly. However, when I went to Outlook
Express, it looks like a new install. No Message and No Email accounts
listed.

I can easily reinstall the email accounts....but I can't seem to find the
past messages.

I searched all my drives for any .dbx files (I assume the old messages
are contained somewhere in a .dbx file, right?) I couldn't find anything.

While this may be a blessing in disguise by doing away with the tons of
old messages....I would like to be able to review some of them from time
to time, and would like them back.

Is it possible the upgrade erased them all?

IS it possible the upgrade changed the extension from .dbx? Is that why
my search is fruitless?

Is it possible they are still retrievable?