Re: Contents disappeared in most OE 6 folders

From: Harmon Koeltz (koeltzh_at_spammenot.bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/21/04


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:11:58 -0400

I have downloaded and installed DBXtract but cannot recover items in my
inbox.dbx file. A search for that file yields a 2.5 meg file. I have saved
that file to a new folder but DBXtract does not extract from it. It only
extracts new messages from my inbox..

Thanks

Harmon Koeltz
"Harmon Koeltz" <koeltzh@spammenot.bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Hello
> I ran a compact all folders and my computer hung up. I powered down and
> restarted. Now the contents of most, but not all, of my folders are gone,
> including some personal folders and my inbox. I have done a search for
> *.dbx files and found many more than the folders I use in OE6. There are
> two for inbox: one is 137 kb in size, the other is 2.48 meg.
> Is there a way to recover the contents of these folders? I'm running XP
> Home Service Pack 2.
>
> Thanks
>
> Harmon
>



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