<<My only thought was...had you not been screaming as you saw it all being deleted<g>...flipping the PC off midstream as they were being deleted MIGHT have saved some???? I posted that thought to see if anyone else thought it might help. I know that panic move has saved me a few times in the past, although it's not too good for your system.>> This is my thinking too....if I had reacted fast enuf, I'm sure *crashing* Outlook mighta saved some of it. But, it happened pretty fast and by the time I realized it, it was done :-( Nope...they sure were not in the Deleted Items folder, cuz like I said, I didn't just delete them, I SHIFT/deleted them....you know me...I NEVER do anything half a**ed LOL Thanks for the research on my part, Dian....if nothing else, it confirmed what I already feared was true....so, I've recouped and moved on....fortunately, I discovered that some of the stuff WAS included in my last backup...and quite a few people have replied to my email pleas to resend the info....so, I'm sure there are a few that I just don't remember, but it's not as bad as I feared. But, hell, I'm on vacation now, so I'm finding it very hard to remain depressed...LOL Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************