Lost Outlook Express Inbox Messages (newbie)

[Barbara]

After crash of system all inbox messages in Outlook
Express vanished.

Dell 8200XP Home SP1

I had my TV tuner card on, was also on the Internet at the
Yahoo web site and just the main screen for Outlook
Express open. Suddenly, the screen went dark. Then right
away a black screen with white writing came up (it looked
like the initial screen I see when I turn on this PC) It
said Bios Error. That went away quickly and I just saw a
white pulsating cursor on the screen.

Then I heard the audio from the TV card (I was able to
shut off the TV transmission with a remote.) . Then up
came the normal XP blue screen with "Welcome" on it. The
next thing I saw was the system rebooting and my desktop
with all my icons came up.

Then I opened up my Outlook Express email and the
messages that were in the inbox (about 15 of them) were
gone. The words within the screen where the messages
usually pop up were "There are no items in this view."


I went to "View" on the oolbar of Outlook Express" and
confirnmed that "View all messages" was selected
This whole sequence of events happened within the space of
about a minute.

I rebooted the system and still the messages did not come
back. I know the system is now working because I received
two new messages since I rebooted.

Can someone tell me where to look to find my missing
messages?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi -

This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

 

[Barbara]

LanWench,
Thanks much for the information!

-----Original Message-----
Hi -

This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

If you're accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services Community Newsgroups web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp? icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number.

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/






.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

You're welcome - good luck!

LanWench,
Thanks much for the information!