Retrieving Outlook Express from hard drive

[steve]

Hello,

My Compaq presario laptop had problems. I took it to get
serviced and they inadvertantly reinstalled XP and wiped
out everthing on my computer. I sent the laptop to a data
recovery center and they found an enormous amount of raw
data on my hard drive. I'm trying to locate my Outlook
Express files in the listings. Do you know what the
extensions (.dbf, .blb, etc.) are so that I can possibly
find the proverbial needle in the haystack?

Also, once I find it, how would you suggest I retrieve
the information from raw data back into a usable format?

Thanks for your help!

Steve

 

[Phil \(a.k.a. purplehaz\)]

Outlook express email are kept in .dbx files.

 

[PA Bear]

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm

Importing OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx

OE Freebie Backup
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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