Hi Dolores, I'm happy you got back what you did. I had to format a couple of days ago and lost all my saved mail in OE. I don't think I had any that I can't live without. Sincerely Yours. Hank --------My Home-------- http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka --------Songs-------- http://home.earthlink.net/~hdka/indexf.html --------Chemtrails-------- http://members.fortunecity.com/hdka/mct.html --------Lonely Hank-------- http://hank77.camarades.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Dolores To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:22 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: need some help thanks I have it bookmarked now also - I'm not sure why except for my usual complaint about the mischievous poltergeist but I had saved the .dbx file in 3 different places while I was playing around and even on a different drive but somehow they ALL got changed to a smaller file - but the good news is that after following the directions 4 times, the 5th time it worked and I nearly fainted - I was able to retrieve about 60% of them so that sure is better than nothing - back to my old resolution every time this happens 'don't keep any mail in outlook that you want to save - open and save it to your hard drive'. Unfortunately time, back and commitments get in the way and I can't always do that - thx for the link! Dolores ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: need some help I've never used this, but have it bookmarked: http://mail-repair.com/ Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Dolores To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:49 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: need some help dang this looked so good but it's not working in OE6 - I created a folder first on the C drive as suggested and I get a message that it is in use and close the program - then I put it on my D drive but still got the same message - I had deleted the folder from my lists of folders in case that was the problem - any other suggestion :-( Dolores ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlene" <carlene1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:38 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: need some help Copy the dbx file you want to save first before you try anything else. Then there is this link which has great help for OE problems. http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ and this "How do I import a single mail folder?" seems to be an answer for your problem. (but copy your dbx file first to a safe place) http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx If all else fails there is a dbx extractor for OE mail. I have extracted with DBXtract but have not tried the new DBxpress. Try both of them with a copy of your dbx file. It saves lost messages but they no longer open in OE. http://www.oehelp.com/Default.aspx Carlene Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores" <inquisitive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:55 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- need some help > I'm running windows 98SE and using OE 6 - I have my mail set up with rules > to go to separate folders for each group - well I hadn't had a chance to > sort through this one folder and now all of a sudden within OE it says it's > empty. However if I do a search for *.dbx it shows it up there with a large > amount of items - is there anyway to salvage it from there to get it back > into OE or have I lost it all? Thanks - Dolores > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk No more bounces! 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