recovering deleted files in .cab didn't help

[Jeff]

I wiped my hard drive (long story) before backing up my data. I used a
recovery cd that recovered thousands of .cab files totalling 80 gig. When I
open the cab files (each has 10.7meg) I can't see any info at all. It's as
if there is nothing in them. How can I see the data? I'm looking for my IE8
favorites and "my documents". Can anyone help me??????

 

[Don Phillipson]

I wiped my hard drive (long story) before backing up my data. I used a

If exact, this was the wrong order. Most of us back up data before
wiping a hard drive, not afterwards.

recovery cd that recovered thousands of .cab files totalling 80 gig. When I
open the cab files (each has 10.7meg) I can't see any info at all.

What software did you use to read these particular *.CAB files?
WinXP can read the contents of Windows CAB files, but some
other file formats write as CAB filetype although non-Windows.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jeff,

..Cab Extractor:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=.cab+extractor&aq=0&oq=.cab+extr&aqi=g5

..DBX Extractor: DBX Mail Extractor (MVP Steve Cochran)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

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http://www.oehelp.com/Default.aspx

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