lost dbx file - can it be recovered (day 2)

[Bill TGH]

OE6 on WinXP
mail from co-workers redirected from in-box to "co-workers" dbx
yesterday AM recieved simple text eMail (Norton scanned - ok) read, hit
"shift+delete" and some how lost entire dbx file with 250-300 emails (all
loaded with xls & pps attachments)

I cannot recreate the problem, same key-strokes do not wipe any other files
(just current eMail, as expected)

1st concern was possible virus, but original message is still on server &
appears clean (I updated Norton, tested it & ran full scan too - no hits)

& I have tried DBxtract & a few other systems tools from the net... but they
all seem to require a dbx file to search... in this case the file has been
either wiped or renamed ....

search by modified/created date yeilds nothing in the right size range
search by .d** yeilded nothing in the right size range

any suggestions on what may have happened & if I can get this file back from
the depths of the hard drive ?

 

[Brian Cryer]

OE6 on WinXP
mail from co-workers redirected from in-box to "co-workers" dbx
yesterday AM recieved simple text eMail (Norton scanned - ok) read, hit
"shift+delete" and some how lost entire dbx file with 250-300 emails (all
loaded with xls & pps attachments)

I cannot recreate the problem, same key-strokes do not wipe any other
files (just current eMail, as expected)

1st concern was possible virus, but original message is still on server &
appears clean (I updated Norton, tested it & ran full scan too - no hits)

& I have tried DBxtract & a few other systems tools from the net... but
they all seem to require a dbx file to search... in this case the file has
been either wiped or renamed ....

search by modified/created date yeilds nothing in the right size range
search by .d** yeilded nothing in the right size range

any suggestions on what may have happened & if I can get this file back
from the depths of the hard drive ?

I'm sure this is a silly question, but have you checked the wastebasket?

Failing that try googling for an undelete utility. (For example:
http://www.brothersoft.com/Utilities_File_Management_Undelete_20330.html -
but I've never tried it, so this isn't an endorsement.)

 

[Bill TGH]

so... I tried 2 programs... SmartUndelete has found the missing file, but
will not recover it... Undelete 5.0 cannot find the file to perform the
recovery...

I have now downloaded approx 14MB of programs to find & fix ths missing
file... there is a good chance that I have already over-written some of
it... any further advice would be welcome...

cheers
Bill

 

[dagdabrona]

Hi,

If the file is erased you can restore it using Active@ undelete tool.
IT worked great for me in a simmilar situation so I think it will help
you too. For DOS restoration Uneraser is the most appropriate tool.
http://www.active-undelete.com/
http://www.uneraser.com/