6 months email lost in outlook express

[Nate]

My boss has had a problem with outlook express here is what happened:

'Outlook express compressed files when shutting down over weekend and when I turned on this morning the last six months emails were missing from the inbox. Other folders seem OK.'

any ideas on how to solve this?

 

[M0KUJ1N]

A few things to try in cases of Outlook Express mailbox corruption, as well as some good background information on how OE stores mail- this may help in cases such as yours where compacting corrupt mailboxes causes them to vanish:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Failing that, you could try binary-level file recovery using (for example) GetDataBack but other than that, the prognosis isn't good due to the fact
that these files get written to and overwritten on such a frequent basis.

Out of interest, are you using POP (and if so, *why* in a business environment- its easier and safer to maintain IMAP mailboxes and run a backup routine on the mail server itself in the event of accidental deletion/ corruption).

 

[bledd]

do a search for archive.* on his C drive

will probably be in documents and settings (show hidden files and do full search)