I finally got most of my Inbox.dbx file back after several hours, all but 3 emails. The 3 emails are still back in the inbox, but won't display any content. Instead of their message bodies in the Preview Pane, this is displayed:
========================= Message has not been downloaded Outlook Express has not yet downloaded this message. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To download the message: Click here. Press Space. Outlook Express ========================= Of course when I "click here", nothing happens! Of those 3 emails, one is important which I need, so I'd appreciate any info on how it can be read again. In case anyone is wondering how I fixed this, I installed "EasyRecovery Pro". It has an "Email" area but only for Outlook, so that didn't work. I tried the "Advanced file find" area, and it keep crashing with the same friggin' "Fault bucket" error, this time though caused by the program and not OE of course. I then tried it's "RAW Recovery" area, scanned the partition, and it found several .dbx files which it placed in "[name].dbx" folders. I opened each of these in Notepad and searched for specific words until I found the "inbox" file that had the missing emails. I then renamed that file to Inbox.dbx, put it in the OE storage folder and got the emails back (except for those 3 emails mentioned above). Even after viewing this file in Notepad and searching for text and finding the emails, I still could not locate this exact email I needed, I only was able to find its headers. So apparently that's why it's not fully back in the Inbox, HOWEVER, I DID find the text of the other two emails that are not showing in my Inbox, so I don't understand what the deal is with this one email. My problem now, it's trying to find out WHAT HAPPENED, and how I can STOP this from ever happening again! So far all I could find was this generic info from M$. What really gets me is they have the audacity to say, to "stop dbx corruption when compacting, use SP2" !!!!!!!!! I NEVER had this BS with SP1, only SP2! So far like l said this is the first time it's happened, but if it happened once, it WILL happen again. https://s.microsoft.com/mindshare/filecorruption.mspx My inbox was the smallest it's ever been, only about 50 emails, and the other folders were even smaller. So, that wasn't the problem. I compact the folders every day, so that also was not the problem. Again, any info appreciated. -Clint ----- Original Message ----- From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" I have a serious problem. It just never ends. I just lost ALL of my "inbox" in OE! I was "compacting all folders" and once again got the same old crash of "Fault bucket" during the compact process. The error window came up as usual, I closed it, then OE closed. Event Viewer said the same thing it's said for YEARS now when I *close* OE (regardless of SP1, SP2 and new formats), "Fault bucket", but this is the FIRST TIME I ever got it while compacting folders. I open OE again and ALL of the emails in my Inbox were GONE! ALL of the OTHER folders are FINE! Sent Items, Drafts, folders I created, etc., all of their contents are still there! I went to the OE Storage folder area and the Inbox.dbx file is there, but it's only 72k, which is much smaller than the Outbox.dbx file at 186k which of course is empty! What the hell happened to my emails!!??? I tried a program called "REST2514" and scanned the partition where the OE Storage resides. I could only recover 2 of the emails I needed. They had a filename of wbk[xx].tmp (where [xx] = different letters and or numbers, and there was either 3 or 4 X's but I can't put that here since some of you may have that filtered). I can open these 2 recovered emails in Notepad and salvage them. All the other emails I recovered (of the same type filename) were duplicates of these, and a couple I just received that I didn't need. Where are the other emails???? Does anyone know of another method or program where I can recover these emails I need, and just as importantly; HOW THE HELL did this happen!!?????? A few days ago I tried a program called "AOEV" and "R-Mail" to find an email I DELETED from the DELETED folder that I ended up needing, but they were no surprise bogus and don't work, so these I would think would not work for me now to recover the Inbox. I haven't restarted my PC yet, I don't know if I'm going to try that to see if they come back because it may make recovery more difficult or impossible. I'm also not going to check for new email for fear of also doing damage to any recovery process, so I'll either create a new Identity, or check the Archives for replies to this. Any info appreciated, -Clint Happy Holidays to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
