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Missing E-Mail After SP2 Installation
I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't
seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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Lost mail after upgrade to XP. (applies to SP2 upgrade also):
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313055 OE6 Specific Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress Bruce Hagen MS MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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Was Outlook Express open & running during the Service Pack install.
If you check for .Dbx modules, are there any named Inbox with numerals appended to the name ? Sounds like OE created a new Inbox.dbx and superseded the original. Normally, it should create a new one with a number to indicate a later iteration than the original. "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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I read that article prior to my post, and I had already searched the HD for
..dbx files. The only ones that exist are the .dbx files for the user in question, and some old backups from 2 years ago. Neither of them contain the messages we are looking for. Thanks "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Lost mail after upgrade to XP. (applies to SP2 upgrade also): http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313055 OE6 Specific Newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress Bruce Hagen MS MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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Outlook Express wasn't running during the SP2 install. I have searched the
HD for .dbx files, but the only ones that exist are the current .dbx files for the user in question, and some old backups from 2 years ago, but none of those contain the messages we are looking for. It appears more likely that the existing .dbx file has been modified, as opposed to being renamed with a different filename and a new Inbox.dbx having been created; or else the original Inbox.dbx file was deleted before the new one was created. If either of those scenarios is accurate, is there any possible way to recover the messages? Thanks "R. McCarty" wrote: Was Outlook Express open & running during the Service Pack install. If you check for .Dbx modules, are there any named Inbox with numerals appended to the name ? Sounds like OE created a new Inbox.dbx and superseded the original. Normally, it should create a new one with a number to indicate a later iteration than the original. "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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Burritonator wrote:
Outlook Express wasn't running during the SP2 install. I have searched the HD for .dbx files, but the only ones that exist are the current .dbx files for the user in question, and some old backups from 2 years ago, but none of those contain the messages we are looking for. It appears more likely that the existing .dbx file has been modified, as opposed to being renamed with a different filename and a new Inbox.dbx having been created; or else the original Inbox.dbx file was deleted before the new one was created. If either of those scenarios is accurate, is there any possible way to recover the messages? Thanks "R. McCarty" wrote: Was Outlook Express open & running during the Service Pack install. If you check for .Dbx modules, are there any named Inbox with numerals appended to the name ? Sounds like OE created a new Inbox.dbx and superseded the original. Normally, it should create a new one with a number to indicate a later iteration than the original. "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+file+recovery Of course the area of the harddrive where the dbx file was may have been overwritten, so it may be lost. This should teach you to back up any data or files you wouldn't want to lose before doing something as drastic as install a Service Pack. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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Why it happened:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. - Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- OE6-specific newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP Burritonator wrote: I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks |
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kurttrail wrote:
Burritonator wrote: Outlook Express wasn't running during the SP2 install. I have searched the HD for .dbx files, but the only ones that exist are the current .dbx files for the user in question, and some old backups from 2 years ago, but none of those contain the messages we are looking for. It appears more likely that the existing .dbx file has been modified, as opposed to being renamed with a different filename and a new Inbox.dbx having been created; or else the original Inbox.dbx file was deleted before the new one was created. If either of those scenarios is accurate, is there any possible way to recover the messages? Thanks "R. McCarty" wrote: Was Outlook Express open & running during the Service Pack install. If you check for .Dbx modules, are there any named Inbox with numerals appended to the name ? Sounds like OE created a new Inbox.dbx and superseded the original. Normally, it should create a new one with a number to indicate a later iteration than the original. "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks Of course the area of the harddrive where the dbx file was may have been overwritten, so it may be lost. This should teach you to back up any data or files you wouldn't want to lose before doing something as drastic as install a Service Pack. Drastic!?! Installing a SP? I thought SP's were put out to fix problems, not destroy a user's data. Duh. -- ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°øø¤º°`°ø,¸¸ ,ø¤º°`°ø Windows is *NOT* a virus. Viruses are small and efficient. Tired of the insecurity of your Wintendo box? Update to GNU/Linux STOP the dummying down of America - Move to a REAL o/s. |
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NoStop wrote:
kurttrail wrote: Burritonator wrote: Outlook Express wasn't running during the SP2 install. I have searched the HD for .dbx files, but the only ones that exist are the current .dbx files for the user in question, and some old backups from 2 years ago, but none of those contain the messages we are looking for. It appears more likely that the existing .dbx file has been modified, as opposed to being renamed with a different filename and a new Inbox.dbx having been created; or else the original Inbox.dbx file was deleted before the new one was created. If either of those scenarios is accurate, is there any possible way to recover the messages? Thanks "R. McCarty" wrote: Was Outlook Express open & running during the Service Pack install. If you check for .Dbx modules, are there any named Inbox with numerals appended to the name ? Sounds like OE created a new Inbox.dbx and superseded the original. Normally, it should create a new one with a number to indicate a later iteration than the original. "Burritonator" wrote in message ... I have installed SP2 on many PCs, but today I encountered a problem I haven't seen before. After installing SP2 on an XP system, the user reported that all of the e-mail that had been in their Inbox had dissapeared. All other folders were unaffected - there were still messages in Sent Items, etc. New e-mail was being received as well, but the old messages that were previously in the Inbox were gone. I searched the HD for .dbx files, but I didn't find any that contained the missing messages. I also tried a system restore and selected a restore point prior to the SP2 installation, but as I now know, that operation restores OS files only, so that didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the e-mail in one single .dbx file would dissapear after an SP2 installation, or anything at all that I could do to try to get it back? Thanks Of course the area of the harddrive where the dbx file was may have been overwritten, so it may be lost. This should teach you to back up any data or files you wouldn't want to lose before doing something as drastic as install a Service Pack. Drastic!?! Installing a SP? I thought SP's were put out to fix problems, not destroy a user's data. Duh. Get a life, LinTroll. -- Peace! Kurt Self-anointed Moderator microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea http://microscum.com/mscommunity "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron! "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei" |
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