Last night I was working on the computer - had my email open but don't
remember if I was on it or the net - had a power failure for just a few
minutes - turned computer back on - I lost about 200 emails in my INBOX - I
keep quite a few with attatchments, etc. My INBOX still had what I had
received current day and then picked back up starting March 6, 2006 and back
- so basically I lost one year of emails that I had kept - All my folders
were intact - Any ideas what may have happened??? Any way to recover
them????
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brainermississippi

"BRAINER" <BRAINER@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A32B37DF-0BC4-4F9A-9794-F6D0199F1179@microsoft.com...
> Last night I was working on the computer - had my email open but don't
> remember if I was on it or the net - had a power failure for just a few
> minutes - turned computer back on - I lost about 200 emails in my INBOX -
I
> keep quite a few with attatchments, etc. My INBOX still had what I had
> received current day and then picked back up starting March 6, 2006 and
back
> - so basically I lost one year of emails that I had kept - All my folders
> were intact - Any ideas what may have happened??? Any way to recover
> them????
> --
> brainermississippi

The experts in the Outlook Express newsgroup are likely to know
the answer. You are currently posting in a Windows newsgroup.

If there a file named Inbox.bak in your Recycle Bin?
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OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

BRAINER wrote:
> Last night I was working on the computer - had my email open but don't
> remember if I was on it or the net - had a power failure for just a few
> minutes - turned computer back on - I lost about 200 emails in my INBOX -
> I keep quite a few with attatchments, etc. My INBOX still had what I had
> received current day and then picked back up starting March 6, 2006 and
> back
> - so basically I lost one year of emails that I had kept - All my folders
> were intact - Any ideas what may have happened??? Any way to recover
> them????

"BRAINER" <BRAINER@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Last night I was working on the computer - had my email open but don't
> remember if I was on it or the net - had a power failure for just a few
> minutes - turned computer back on - I lost about 200 emails in my INBOX -
> I
> keep quite a few with attatchments, etc. My INBOX still had what I had
> received current day and then picked back up starting March 6, 2006 and
> back
> - so basically I lost one year of emails that I had kept - All my folders
> were intact - Any ideas what may have happened??? Any way to recover
> them????

It's not a good idea to keep emails in the inbox. The should be moved to
other folders. This is one cause of corruption in OE, even without the
intervention of a power outage.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Instal COOD11D"