Suddenly, most saved folders have disappeared. There was a sub-category
"saved folders", with a number of saved folders in it, which each contained
a number of messages.
Any hints on where to look?

The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), and bloated
folders. More on that below.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

Why Mail Disappears:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Recovery tools:

If you are using a fully patched version of XP/SP2, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069/en-us

If not:

DBXpress run in Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Happy" wrote in message
...
Suddenly, most saved folders have disappeared. There was a sub-category
"saved folders", with a number of saved folders in it, which each
contained a number of messages.
Any hints on where to look?

See point 4 he www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

Also see points 2 and 3 for the future.

steve

"Happy" wrote in message
...
Suddenly, most saved folders have disappeared. There was a sub-category
"saved folders", with a number of saved folders in it, which each
contained a number of messages.
Any hints on where to look?