Help! How do I get back my OE store???

[Guest]

Hi,

Please, can someone help me?? I have lost all my personal email for past 10
years!

I just reinstalled Win XP SP2 first time in 3 years. I backed up my Outlook
Express (OE) store to a secondary hard-drive first so I could format C.

Once installed I went into OE and changed the 'store' location to a new
folder. OE said to close it so changes can take effect. While closed, I
thought to move my backed-up files to the new store location (move, not copy!
stupid me). When I opened outlook my emails where gone!!! I checked the store
folder and my 500 MB of email have been replaced with 4 tiny, new outlook
archive file. OMG! :~(~~~

Can I get my emails back somehow??? (undo did not work) Is there any
software someone can recommend to undelete my files?

Stupid me, I know. I can remember copying archived mail into OE this way
before so didn't think twice to back up the files. Just thought it would work
and did not want to wait for the 500 MB to copy... :~(~~~

Please, can somebody help?

Thanks
- Mal

 

[Guest]

Hi all,

I found a great undelete tool on Snap Files that recovered by deleted files:

Restoration - file undelete utility
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

Thank God! And thanks to Brian Kato, the developer!

I am so happy right now )

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi all,

I found a great undelete tool on Snap Files that recovered by deleted files:

Restoration - file undelete utility
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

Thank God! And thanks to Brian Kato, the developer!

I am so happy right now )

Have you considered extending your happiness by doing
the right thing? All important files must be backed up regularly
to an independent medium. A 2.5" disk in an external USB
enclosure makes a highly effective low cost backup medium.

Your case is extreme: No backups for ten years, reinstalling
Windows without backup, playing with the various OE
settings without backup - how many lives do you have,
and how much longer do you want to tempt fate?