I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office 2007. Moved
folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of my documents folder
and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS, programs, then restored my backed up
documents. Turns out the desktop did not get backed up, so no PST file. I do
have an "Internet Mail and News folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX
folders and files) in the My Documents folder that was restored. Am I
completely hosed as far as recovering my emails? Are there utilities out
there to restore?
--
George

The .dbx, .mdx, etc files are for Outlook Express. AFAIK, if you did a format and reinstall, yes, you are hosed. If not, then you can try a search for a .pst file using hidden files/folders turned on in Windows search.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:

| I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office
| 2007. Moved folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of my
| documents folder and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS, programs,
| then restored my backed up documents. Turns out the desktop did not
| get backed up, so no PST file. I do have an "Internet Mail and News
| folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX folders and files) in the My
| Documents folder that was restored. Am I completely hosed as far as
| recovering my emails? Are there utilities out there to restore?

Looks like I am hosed -- no .PST file. However, since I have only been using
Outlook 2007 for a month or two, restoring my Outlook express stuff into
Outlook 2007 would minimize the impact somewhat. Can you refer me to a method
to do that?
--
George


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> The .dbx, .mdx, etc files are for Outlook Express. AFAIK, if you did a format and reinstall, yes, you are hosed. If not, then you can try a search for a .pst file using hidden files/folders turned on in Windows search.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
>
> | I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office
> | 2007. Moved folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of my
> | documents folder and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS, programs,
> | then restored my backed up documents. Turns out the desktop did not
> | get backed up, so no PST file. I do have an "Internet Mail and News
> | folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX folders and files) in the My
> | Documents folder that was restored. Am I completely hosed as far as
> | recovering my emails? Are there utilities out there to restore?
>

What OS are you running?

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:

| Looks like I am hosed -- no .PST file. However, since I have only
| been using Outlook 2007 for a month or two, restoring my Outlook
| express stuff into Outlook 2007 would minimize the impact somewhat.
| Can you refer me to a method to do that?
|
|| The .dbx, .mdx, etc files are for Outlook Express. AFAIK, if you
|| did a format and reinstall, yes, you are hosed. If not, then you
|| can try a search for a .pst file using hidden files/folders turned
|| on in Windows search.
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
||
||| I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office
||| 2007. Moved folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of
||| my documents folder and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS,
||| programs, then restored my backed up documents. Turns out the
||| desktop did not get backed up, so no PST file. I do have an
||| "Internet Mail and News folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX
||| folders and files) in the My Documents folder that was restored. Am
||| I completely hosed as far as recovering my emails? Are there
||| utilities out there to restore?

XP sp2
--
George


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> What OS are you running?
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
>
> | Looks like I am hosed -- no .PST file. However, since I have only
> | been using Outlook 2007 for a month or two, restoring my Outlook
> | express stuff into Outlook 2007 would minimize the impact somewhat.
> | Can you refer me to a method to do that?
> |
> || The .dbx, .mdx, etc files are for Outlook Express. AFAIK, if you
> || did a format and reinstall, yes, you are hosed. If not, then you
> || can try a search for a .pst file using hidden files/folders turned
> || on in Windows search.
> ||
> || --�
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
> || unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
> || reading.
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
> ||
> ||| I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office
> ||| 2007. Moved folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of
> ||| my documents folder and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS,
> ||| programs, then restored my backed up documents. Turns out the
> ||| desktop did not get backed up, so no PST file. I do have an
> ||| "Internet Mail and News folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX
> ||| folders and files) in the My Documents folder that was restored. Am
> ||| I completely hosed as far as recovering my emails? Are there
> ||| utilities out there to restore?
>

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ for Outlook Express help - it will tell you how to migrate your OE files back into OE and then you can export to Outlook.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:

| XP sp2
|
|| What OS are you running?
||
|| --�
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
||
||| Looks like I am hosed -- no .PST file. However, since I have only
||| been using Outlook 2007 for a month or two, restoring my Outlook
||| express stuff into Outlook 2007 would minimize the impact somewhat.
||| Can you refer me to a method to do that?
|||
|||| The .dbx, .mdx, etc files are for Outlook Express. AFAIK, if you
|||| did a format and reinstall, yes, you are hosed. If not, then you
|||| can try a search for a .pst file using hidden files/folders turned
|||| on in Windows search.
||||
|||| --�
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, GBernstein asked:
||||
||||| I used pfbackup to create a PST folder prior to backing up Office
||||| 2007. Moved folder to desktop then did backup to external drive of
||||| my documents folder and desktop. I then reinstalled the OS,
||||| programs, then restored my backed up documents. Turns out the
||||| desktop did not get backed up, so no PST file. I do have an
||||| "Internet Mail and News folder (that contains DBX, IDX, and MBX
||||| folders and files) in the My Documents folder that was restored.
||||| Am I completely hosed as far as recovering my emails? Are there
||||| utilities out there to restore?