Guest Erhardm Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Guest AZ Tech In Training Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 RE: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder I don't know of anyway to recover deleted files using windows but there are programs out there that can do it. "recover my files" is one of them. -- I''ll try to help... but I''m still learning too. "Erhardm" wrote: > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Guest Erhardm Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 RE: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder Thanks. Any freeware you can recommend for that? "AZ Tech In Training" wrote: > I don't know of anyway to recover deleted files using windows but there are > programs out there that can do it. > "recover my files" is one of them. > > -- > I''ll try to help... but I''m still learning too. > > > "Erhardm" wrote: > > > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Guest Erhardm Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 RE: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder Thanks, I'll try that. "AZ Tech In Training" wrote: > I don't know of anyway to recover deleted files using windows but there are > programs out there that can do it. > "recover my files" is one of them. > > -- > I''ll try to help... but I''m still learning too. > > > "Erhardm" wrote: > > > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Guest Cary Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder Erhardm wrote: > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide. Stop using the PC before you over write any more data. You can then place your hard drive in another PC as a slave. Run read-only recovery software at this point in time.
Guest Harry Ohrn Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder "Erhardm" <Erhardm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5A64398F-8506-49B5-AD1C-AC33556D9EAF@microsoft.com... >I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my >email > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact > the > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any > way > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide. So this wasn't your Inbox it was a folder you created? AFAIK the Inbox can't be deleted. However if this was the Inbox and it is missing you might be able to simply use System Restore. If you don't know how to use System Restore go to Start->Help & Support and click System Restore listed under Pick a task. Then follow the System Restore wizard to revert back to the date prior to the problem. If this was not the Inbox but a folder you created then you will need third party software http://www.recover-my-email.com/ Harry
Guest AZ Tech in Training Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 RE: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder I am sure there are freeware programs that can recover some of your files but there's always a catch to using 'free' software (pop-ups, ads, spam, trojans). I guess it depends if you think recovering your emails are worth the price or not. "Erhardm" wrote: > Thanks, I'll try that. > > "AZ Tech In Training" wrote: > > > I don't know of anyway to recover deleted files using windows but there are > > programs out there that can do it. > > "recover my files" is one of them. > > > > -- > > I''ll try to help... but I''m still learning too. > > > > > > "Erhardm" wrote: > > > > > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > > > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > > > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > > > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > > > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > > > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 22:52:00 -0700, AZ Tech in Training <AZTechinTraining@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am sure there are freeware programs that can recover some of your files but > there's always a catch to using 'free' software (pop-ups, ads, spam, trojans). Not true. It's certainly true of some freeware, but it's far from true that "there's always [such] a catch." There is lots of free software that doesn't do anything like that at all, and works very well. In many cases, the freeware is among the best products of its kind. And by the way, whether or not software (freeware or not) can recover deleted files depends on whether the space it used to occupy has been overwritten yet or not. You can *sometimes* recover deleted files, but not always. Here's my standard post on the subject: "Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the space as available to be used. There are third-party programs that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable. So your chances of successfully recovering this file are decent if you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since then (for example to write this question and read this answer), your chances are probably very poor by now. But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway. Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't done so already. Download an undelete program (here's one: http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html but there are several others to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and bring it to yours on a floppy to try. If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very expensive and may or may not work in your case. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Erhardm Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder Thanks for all the info. The freeware I downloaded was not so helpful, so I ended up buying Recover My Files, which helped restore some of the lost emails. ~Erhard Mahnke "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 22:52:00 -0700, AZ Tech in Training > <AZTechinTraining@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I am sure there are freeware programs that can recover some of your files but > > there's always a catch to using 'free' software (pop-ups, ads, spam, trojans). > > > Not true. It's certainly true of some freeware, but it's far from true > that "there's always [such] a catch." There is lots of free software > that doesn't do anything like that at all, and works very well. In > many cases, the freeware is among the best products of its kind. > > And by the way, whether or not software (freeware or not) can recover > deleted files depends on whether the space it used to occupy has been > overwritten yet or not. You can *sometimes* recover deleted files, but > not always. Here's my standard post on the subject: > > "Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the space > as available to be used. There are third-party programs that can > sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the space used by > the file is likely to become overwritten very quickly, and this makes > the file unrecoverable. > > So your chances of successfully recovering this file are decent if you > try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly go > downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since then (for > example to write this question and read this answer), your chances are > probably very poor by now. > > But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway. Stop > using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't done so > already. Download an undelete program (here's one: > http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html but there are several > others to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and > bring it to yours on a floppy to try. > > If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a > professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very > expensive and may or may not work in your case. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Erhardm Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder I don't have access to another PC to hook mine up to, nor the know-how to do it. Even so, I ended up buying some recovery software that helped recover some of the lost files. Thanks, ~Erhard Mahnke "Cary" wrote: > Erhardm wrote: > > I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my email > > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact the > > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any way > > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide. > > > Stop using the PC before you over write any more data. You can then > place your hard drive in another PC as a slave. Run read-only recovery > software at this point in time. >
Guest Erhardm Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: HELP! accidentally deleted Outlook Express folder It was the Inbox and every other Outlook Express file I had, so clearly the Inbox *can* be deleted. System Retsore did nothing, as usual. I find it to be a pretty useless Windows feature. I bought file recovery software that helped restore some of the lost email files, and I was able to reconstruct others from an older back-up. Still, I lost a bunch of emails. Thanks for your help, ~Erhard Mahnke "Harry Ohrn" wrote: > > "Erhardm" <Erhardm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5A64398F-8506-49B5-AD1C-AC33556D9EAF@microsoft.com... > >I accidentally deleted the Outlook Express folder that contains all my > >email > > files. I could not find the deleted folder in my recycle bin, presumably > > because it was larger than the recycle bin's reserved capacity. In fact > > the > > contents of my recycle bin were wiped out at the same time. Is there any > > way > > to restore the folder and all its files? Surely it is somewhere on my hard > > drive. Many thanks for any help you can provide. > > So this wasn't your Inbox it was a folder you created? AFAIK the Inbox can't > be deleted. However if this was the Inbox and it is missing you might be > able to simply use System Restore. If you don't know how to use System > Restore go to Start->Help & Support and click System Restore listed under > Pick a task. Then follow the System Restore wizard to revert back to the > date prior to the problem. > > If this was not the Inbox but a folder you created then you will need third > party software http://www.recover-my-email.com/ > > Harry > > >
Recommended Posts