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Soren June 28th 06 04:18 AM

HD crash - only have .dbx files
 
can I recover?
I had .pst files, but the guy who copied my hard drive didn't copy those.

I have a bunch of .dbx files that he recovered.
can I do anything with them without buying software. Or, if I must buy
software, what is good?

Outlook 2003 - and I know how to use it well.

thx



Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] June 28th 06 06:51 AM

HD crash - only have .dbx files
 
..dbx files are for Outlook Express. Looks like you paid the wrong person to
do your recovery.

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After furious head scratching, soren asked:

| can I recover?
| I had .pst files, but the guy who copied my hard drive didn't copy
| those.
|
| I have a bunch of .dbx files that he recovered.
| can I do anything with them without buying software. Or, if I must
| buy software, what is good?
|
| Outlook 2003 - and I know how to use it well.
|
| thx



DL June 28th 06 10:40 AM

HD crash - only have .dbx files
 
Import / recover the dbx files to OE, once available in OE export to OL

"soren" wrote in message
...
can I recover?
I had .pst files, but the guy who copied my hard drive didn't copy those.

I have a bunch of .dbx files that he recovered.
can I do anything with them without buying software. Or, if I must buy
software, what is good?

Outlook 2003 - and I know how to use it well.

thx





Brian Tillman June 28th 06 02:27 PM

HD crash - only have .dbx files
 
soren wrote:

can I recover?
I had .pst files, but the guy who copied my hard drive didn't copy
those.


Then he didn't "copy your hard drive" he copied a _portion_ of your hard
drive and you should demand that he either do so or give you your money
back.

I have a bunch of .dbx files that he recovered.
can I do anything with them without buying software.


Unless you always downloaded your email with both Outlook (the PST) and
Outlook Express (the DBX files), what good would it do you to move the
contents of the DBX files into Outlook? I suspect they'd be quite divergent
from what you had in Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman



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