Which is more appropriate for Windows 98, 2nd edition--DBxtract or DBxpress?

 

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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

> "sootygold" <sootygold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> > please can anyone advise? I was compacting my emails in outlook

> > express yesterday when my pc crashed.When i re booted i found to my

> > horror that i had lost 6 months of emails from my inbox,and that

> > many others were left unreadable,saying the message had not been

> > downloaded. I am not able to view any of those emails and unable to

> > locate where any of the deleted mails have gone, so i have lost some

> > very important work. Please can anyone advise what on earth i can do

> > to retrieve the lost mails? thanks in advance !

>

> DBXpress (wwww.oehelp.com) can recover messages off the hard drive itself if

> they have not been overwritten subsequently to the DBX files being messed

> up.

>

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"Dancer" <Dancer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Which is more appropriate for Windows 98, 2nd edition--DBxtract or

> DBxpress?

 

 

DBXtract can recover messages from the old DBX files if you have them.

I don't believe DBXpress can recover from the hard drive in Win98.

 

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"Dancer" <Dancer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Which is more appropriate for Windows 98, 2nd edition--DBxtract or

> DBxpress?

>

> Thanks,

> --

> Dancer

 

I'd suggest starting with copies of the DBX files, and working on those

rather than the originals. This will help prevent compounding the damage.

 

HTH

-pk

 

>

>

> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

>

>> "sootygold" <sootygold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F6D63935-FA93-4B76-94D0-863D42DF15A6@microsoft.com

>> > please can anyone advise? I was compacting my emails in outlook

>> > express yesterday when my pc crashed.When i re booted i found to my

>> > horror that i had lost 6 months of emails from my inbox,and that

>> > many others were left unreadable,saying the message had not been

>> > downloaded. I am not able to view any of those emails and unable to

>> > locate where any of the deleted mails have gone, so i have lost some

>> > very important work. Please can anyone advise what on earth i can do

>> > to retrieve the lost mails? thanks in advance !

>>

>> DBXpress (wwww.oehelp.com) can recover messages off the hard drive itself

>> if

>> they have not been overwritten subsequently to the DBX files being messed

>> up.

>>

>> --

>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE

>> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email

>> http://www.fjsmjs.com

>> Protect your PC

>> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx

>> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

>>

>>

>>