retrieving deleted files???

[TrixX]

sooo, somehow my mom deleted her inbox and then continued to accidently delete her deleted items box as well(please don't ask me how she accomplished this)! just wondering if any of you computer guys know whether or not i can retrieve those files. they're not in the recycle bin. any help would be great :)

[mapleleaf4ever]

heh heh uh oh


It's going to take effort now.

I'm sure neoh has the solution to this one.

[Gusto]

if they were files you could do it, but since they were emails (which are really all just parts of a file), i think you're gonna have a lot more trouble. you might have some luck with a program like this:
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/E...ls/R_Mail.html

[anewlife]

1. What OS?
2. What filesystem?

[Gusto]

3. what email client

[TrixX]

i figured it would be a pain! she's saves all these family pictures and shit. she's never deleted her inbox in like over a year so she's pretty upset. how do you accidently delete the deleted items??? lol.

stokedfish???? i have no idea :) haha

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by Gusto

3. what email client

outlook

os???? filesystem??? examples??? :)

[Gusto]

outlook or outlook express?

i don't think the os and filesystem are gonna help much here, but they're good to know. os = windows 98, windows xp, mac os x, etc. filesystem = fat32, ntfs, etc.

[anewlife]

OS = Operating System (Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, etc.)
FS = Filesystem (Fat, NTFS, Ext, Reiser, Minix, etc.)

Outlook? So it's prolly WinXP/NTFS...uhhhmmmm..... :(

[TrixX]

just outlook and windows xp

not sure of the file system

[Gusto]

you can use this to undelete items from outlook. there's a demo that might tell you if it's gonna work for sure, but you might have to buy it to get the emails back.

http://www.cimaware.com/main/products/outlookfix.php

[anewlife]

Originally Posted by Gusto

i don't think the os and filesystem are gonna help much here, but they're good to know.

Are you kidding?

If you want to recover files the most important question is what filesystem!

Well...maybe there's an easier way...

Did your mom delete her mails after fetching them from the server?

(leave messages on server)

If not they should still be there...try the webmail first! :)

[TrixX]

thanks guys :)

gusto i'm gonna give that demo a shot, see what happens!

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by stokedfish

Are you kidding?

If you want to recover files the most important question is what filesystem!

Well...maybe there's an easier way...

Did your mom delete her mails after fetching them from the server?

(leave messages on server)

If not they should still be there...try the webmail first! :)

nah man, you didn't read the thread right. files didn't get deleted, emails did. the emails are part of a pst or a dbx file (depending on if it's outlook or outlook express), which is a database and might as well be its own filesystem.

[Gusto]

you might also be able to ask your email provider if they keep any mailbox backups that they can restore from.

[anewlife]

Originally Posted by Gusto

nah man, you didn't read the thread right. files didn't get deleted, emails did.

Dude, everything is a file, so are e-mails.

Originally Posted by Gusto

the emails are part of a pst or a dbx file

There ya go...

Anyway, I don't know Outlook at all, so I prolly can't help here.

(maybe she should switch to thunderbird or get a gmail account)

But you could try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../oerepair.mspx

Good luck! :)

[TrixX]

that program totally retrieved the files but its like $120US it says! guess its up to my mom to see how important they really were to her.

thanks gusto :)

[Gusto]

you'd only be right if the actual pst/dbx file was deleted and not just the contents. the emails in pst/dbx files aren't files, they're records in a database. i'm not trying to argue with you and i don't know what you're trying to say exactly, but whatever it is is kinda wrong. i know outlook really well. :P

[Gusto]

you're welcome. you might try googling other programs like that too, because you might find a cheaper one that does the same thing.

[anewlife]

Oh, I see...didn't know that Outlook saves the mails in a database.

You're right then of course, silly me.

Maybe there's a cheaper one here:

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...file_software/

[neoh]

listen to guztoe, he's straight outta locash.

[crookedking]

abandon all hope ye who delete files.