OE Messages total lost during upgrade

[SY]

Hi to all,

I am sincerely looking for any kind soul out there that can give me some
pointers as to how to recover all my e-mail messages that totally disappear
during my recent upgrade. What happened was that I did an upgrade from WIN98
to W2K. The upgrade went on smoothly without a hitch. So, confidently I
started OE and to my horror, it started with a welcome screen and everything
is totally blank in all the other folders. All those other folders that I
have created in WIN98 is no way in sight.

I then tried to do an import but to no avail as it point to the new
directory and it is only a totally new set-up. I have no problem receiving
new messages or send out any messages.

But I really need to recover all my previous messages that I have in WIN98
as it contains very critical and valuable information.

I used a Acronis DiskEditor to see the physical disk and I can still make
out some of the message there stored in WIN98.I have also tried DBXtract and
only get what is already in the NEW OE folder instead of those that I really
wanted that were stored during WIN98.

Please, can any kind expert in this particular area please offer me any
pointers that I can recover those lost messages.

Many thanks in advance.

Thanks & Regards

 

[M.L. Sco Scofield]

This group is for Microsoft Access.

You might try the Outlook Express group at
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress.

Sco

 

[Tom Wickerath]

Hello Sy,

This newsgroup is dedicated to Microsoft Access, the database program. However, I'll try
to give you a pointer that may be helpful....

You didn't state which version of OE that you were using on the WIN98 machine. If it was
version 4 or earlier, search the hard drive for *.mbx and *.idx (index) files. If you
were using version 5 or later, search for *.dbx. This should help you locate the folder
where your messages were previously stored.

Outlook Express 6 allows one to pick the folder used as the message store. If your
messages were in .dbx files, it should be fairly easy to find your messages. In OE, click
on Tools > Options... and select the Maintenance tab. Here, you should see a command
button labeled "Store Folder...". Click on that button and navigate to the folder that
you hopefully found by searching for all .dbx files.

Alternatively, you can use File > Import > Messages... from within OE. This includes the
option to select either version 4 or version 6 messages. The trick is determining which
folder your messages are currently saved in.

Tom
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Hi to all,

I am sincerely looking for any kind soul out there that can give me some
pointers as to how to recover all my e-mail messages that totally disappear
during my recent upgrade. What happened was that I did an upgrade from WIN98
to W2K. The upgrade went on smoothly without a hitch. So, confidently I
started OE and to my horror, it started with a welcome screen and everything
is totally blank in all the other folders. All those other folders that I
have created in WIN98 is no way in sight.

I then tried to do an import but to no avail as it point to the new
directory and it is only a totally new set-up. I have no problem receiving
new messages or send out any messages.

But I really need to recover all my previous messages that I have in WIN98
as it contains very critical and valuable information.

I used a Acronis DiskEditor to see the physical disk and I can still make
out some of the message there stored in WIN98.I have also tried DBXtract and
only get what is already in the NEW OE folder instead of those that I really
wanted that were stored during WIN98.

Please, can any kind expert in this particular area please offer me any
pointers that I can recover those lost messages.

Many thanks in advance.

Thanks & Regards