Re: I'm an iD10T, I know, but now I need to recover from it...

There are a couple definitions of "drive", based on the context in which the
term is used. I need to know which is being used here before I continue.

1.) "Drive" can refer to the "PHYSICAL" drive (the hardware physically
installed in the computer, also may be referred to as the "Disk"), which can
contain several partitions (up to two "Primary" and (I think) any number of
"Extended"), each of which may in turn contain several "Logical" Drives;
2.) "Drive" can refer to a Logical Drive (see #1, above) - This is my Exact
situation, as I have deleted a Logical drive in an Extended partition;
3.) "Drive" can refer to a Mapped Network Drive (this is NOT my situation).

The definition/context of the word will determine my course of action. I
hope that Mr Cochran returns soon, as I am losing hope with each passing
hour...

For even further reference, I have a screen capture of my current Disk
Management console , edited to point out the actual location (or previous
location) of the dbx stores available for viewing at the following URL:
http://tinyurl.com/gwkoq

-Dusty
dirtycar74@xxxxxxxxxxx

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Please read the instructions on use of the program at this link:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/DBXpress.htm

Run in the extract from disk mode and point it to the drive that used to
contain the partition (which is most likely your C:\ drive).

The author, Steve Cochran, will probably be available in a day or so and
will notice your post and may have some other suggestions.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"dirtycar74" <dirtycar74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4FFD14CF-B20F-45F1-8838-AC4D65EF31B4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK, I downloaded and installed DBXpress as suggested. Now I need to know
how
I am going to retrieve the files - it asks for either a drive or a file.
The
drive was deleted, but used to be assigned as "H:\"... I have not yet
re-allocated the space in the extended partition, and therefore the drive
"H:\" does not currently exist. Will this software notice that and give
me
an opportunity to retrieve from the "unallocated" space, or do I have to
allocate said space and retry? I know that this is a bit much to ask of
you
all here, since none of the posters up to this point are the actual
creator
of the DBXpress program, but, since it was suggested so highly by you
MVPs, I
thought you might also be able to provide me with at least this much
additional information before I try it blindly and potentially destroy any
chances I may have or have had at retrieval of these messages (some of
which
are irreplaceable (sp?), as they were saved from years ago with valuable
information contained within them). Eagerly awaiting with yet some
semblance
of hope remaining, Dusty

"dirtycar74" wrote:

As I stated before, and about to restate, the registry key is already set
to
zero (0), and it's not the "folder" that was deleted, but it was the
actual
Logical Drive in an extended partition that was deleted. I already spent
USD24 on a piece of software that was supposed to "undelete" said drive,
but
it didn't work. I am now about to spend yet another USD24 for the
software
(I think it's called "DBXpress", but please don't hold me to that)
recommended by one of the posters above in this thread in a further
attempt
to retrieve the dbx files from the now "unallocated" space. Somebody
please
stop me if you know already if this will not work, as I don't want to
spend
any more money on this, but would rather keep my pocketbook intact and at
this point I just would like to get OE back to a working state.

Again, thank you for the valuable insights and tips, but so far they have
yet to pan out for me. I hope this one will.

-Dusty
dirtycar74@xxxxxxxxxxx

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

That error is consistent with a corrupt or missing message store
folder.
Since you've already said you destroyed the folder where the messages
were
stored, I'm not surprised. Try Frank Saunder's suggestion to delete
the
affected registry key.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only.
Please provide feedback so that others may be helped.


"dirtycar74" <dirtycar74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7CF9BA71-F31D-4B32-B092-2F960E9AE74D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The first error I get ( a screen-capture is available for viewing at
the
following URL) is:
http://tinyurl.com/rp2s4

After I click [OK], the following error comes up (again, screen
capture
available for viewing at the URL below):
http://tinyurl.com/m5tm8

This additional information might be helpful, but I'm not sure.

Thanks!
dirtycar74@xxxxxxxxxxx



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