Hi, Mike, I forgot to mention I'm using XP. Pro, I think on this computer. I don't know how to make a backup, though. Thanks for the suggestions. Have a blessed day. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Berwald To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:26 AM Subject: Re: A JFW and outlook express question: disappearing emails and folders Hi Jamie, If you can make a back-up of your windows folder, you should be able to access those DBX files. That way, you could import them from the back-up. I'd have to know the version of Windows to determine the path to use, though. Mike Berwald